Paratonia is an involuntary resistance to movement that is often seen elderly patients, but often misunderstood by health care professionals.
This training video, created by Geriatric Medicine Research & Spider Video for Dalhousie University Medical School, shows some common scenarios that doctors may encounter when an older patient displays paratonia and how to correctly identify it in your patients - all with a gentle sense of humor :)
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