User:Liepa/Astasis Project Proposal

Assignment:
“This is your Wikipedia assignment group, and will be the people you work with for the duration of the semester. To claim the topic you would like to write about, place your the names of your group members next to it in the list below. Once you have chosen your topic, as a group write up a one page proposal, outlining important information about it, what points you will cover in your article, a short list of resources, and how you will divide up the workload. Again, make a subpage within your account page and post this information.”

Definition:
Astasia: (Etymology: Gk, a, stasis, not stand, a, basis, not step) a lack of motor coordination marked by an inability to stand or sit without assistance.

Astasia-Abasia:
Astasis is very similar to Abasia, which is the inability to walk due to lack of motor coordination.

Some things we will cover:

 * What are the results of having Astasia/what does it mean?
 * What are the causes of Astasia?
 * What areas of the brain cause this?
 * What diseases or conditions might cause this?
 * Is there a cure?
 * Can rehabilitation work to help Astasia patients?
 * Research done about it.

References:

 * 1) Hirayama K, Nakajima M, Kawamura M, Koguchi Y. Astasia without abasia due to peripheral neuropathy, Arch Neurol. 1994 Aug;51(8):813-6.
 * 2) Vercueil L. [Astasia-abasia: psychogenic and non-psychogenic causes]. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2010 Feb; 166(2):221-8. Epub 2009 Oct 12.
 * 3) Okun MS, Rodriguez RL, Foote KD, Fernandez HH. The "chair test" to aid in the diagnosis of psychogenic gait disorders. Neurologist. 2007 Mar; 13(2):87-91.
 * 4) Sinel M, Eisenberg MS. Two unusual gait disturbances: astasia abasia and camptocormia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1990 Dec; 71(13):1078-80.
 * 5) Boogaarts HD, Abdo WF, Bloem BR. "Recumbent" gait: relationship to the phenotype of "astasia-abasia"? Mov Disord. 2007 Oct 31; 22(14):2121-2.
 * 6) Okun MS, Koehler PJ. Paul Blocq and (psychogenic) astasia abasia. Mov Disord. 2007 Jul 30; 22(10):1373-8.

How we will divide up the workload:
We will meet once (or more) each week to discuss and work on each section of the article and then assign a certain section to each member of the group to work on for that week.