Question 49 · LEK · Motor activity
The assumption and maintenance of inappropriate or bizarre and usually uncomfortable postures (e.g. with rotation or bending) is called:
- A. motor mannerisms.
- B. echopraxia.
- C. cataplexy.
- D. motor stereotypies.
- E. posturing.
Hint
The key is a held, unnatural body position, not a repeated movement, an imitation or a sudden loss of muscle tone.
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