Motor disability

• Amputation Amputation refers to the absence of a limb or part of a limb, present from birth or occurring after an accident, an illness or surgery. Depending on the area concerned, hand, arm, foot or leg, daily life reorganises arou… View the explanations
• Ankylosing spondylitis Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of chronic inflammation that settles mainly in the spine and the pelvis. With it, the body works the opposite way to common intuition: it is often at rest that the pain intensifies, and m… View the explanations
• Cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy results from an injury that occurred very early to a developing brain, before, during or shortly after birth. It mainly affects the control of movement, posture and muscle tone, to very variable degrees fr… View the explanations
• Dwarfism Dwarfism refers to an adult height that is clearly below average, most often of genetic origin. The person is an adult, with their job, their skills and their social life: it is the environment, designed for a standard h… View the explanations
• Friedreich's ataxia Friedreich's ataxia is a condition of genetic origin that progressively impairs the coordination of movements and balance. Walking loses stability, fine movements take more effort and concentration, and the voice may bec… View the explanations
• Hemiplegia Hemiplegia is a paralysis or weakness affecting one side of the body, the arm, the leg and sometimes the face. It most often follows a stroke or a brain injury, and its intensity varies a great deal from one person to th… View the explanations
• Neuromuscular diseases (myopathies, dystrophies) Neuromuscular diseases group together conditions that weaken the muscles, either because the muscle itself becomes fragile (myopathies, dystrophies), or because the nerve signal passes poorly. The common thread is streng… View the explanations
• Osteogenesis imperfecta Osteogenesis imperfecta affects the strength of the bones, which can fracture from minimal impacts, sometimes with no identifiable cause. It is known as brittle bone disease, a telling image as long as one remembers that… View the explanations
• Paraplegia Paraplegia refers to a paralysis affecting the lower limbs and, depending on the level reached, part of the trunk. It most often follows an injury to the spinal cord, of accidental origin or linked to an illness.Beyond t… View the explanations
• Spina bifida Spina bifida is a particularity present from birth: during development, the spine and the spinal cord did not close completely. Depending on the location and the extent, the consequences range from very discreet to a mar… View the explanations
• Tetraplegia Tetraplegia refers to a paralysis affecting all four limbs, following a high injury to the spinal cord. Depending on the level affected, the arms, the legs and sometimes part of the trunk no longer respond to the usual c… View the explanations

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