paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body; bilateral paralysis
Derived forms
diplegic (diˈplegic)
adjective
diplegia in American English
(daɪˈplidʒiə; daɪˈplidʒə)
noun
paralysis of similar parts on both sides of the body
Examples of 'diplegia' in a sentence
diplegia
Among them 22 had diplegia and four each had quadriplegia and right and left hemiplegia.
Gupta Anupam, Srivastava Abhishek, Taly Arun, Murali Thyloth 2008, 'Single-stage multilevel soft-tissue surgery in the lower limbs with spastic cerebralpalsy: Experience from a rehabilitation unit', Indian Journal of Orthopaedicshttp://www.ijoonline.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5413;year=2008;volume=42;issue=4;spage=448;epage=453;aulast=Gupta. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A 20-year-old female presented to us with bibrachial diplegia and dysarthria.
BV, S 2018, 'Cruciate bibrachial diplegia due to an acutely trapped fourth ventricle', The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburghhttps://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_48_4_maramottom.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Under this regimen, facial diplegia gradually improved.
Josef Finsterer, Michael Panny 2017, 'Facial diplegia as initial manifestation of acute, myelomonocytic leukemia with isolatedtrisomy 47, XY,+11[14]/46, XY[6]', Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practicehttp://www.ruralneuropractice.com/article.asp?issn=0976-3147;year=2017;volume=8;issue=3;spage=451;epage=454;aulast=Finsterer. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Facial diplegia was observed in 42% of patients.
Sevki Sahin, Nilgun Cinar, Sibel Karsidag 2017, 'Are cerebrospinal fluid protein levels and plasma neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio associatedwith prognosis of Guillain Barré syndrome?', Neurology Internationalhttp://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/ni/article/view/7032. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two days later, he developed rapidly progressive cranial neuropathies including facial diplegia, sensorineural hearing loss, dysarthria, and dysphagia.
Amal Alkhotani, Nouf Alrishi, M. Salem Alhalabi, Tahira Hamid 2016, 'Cauda Equina Syndrome Secondary to Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis of GastroesophagealJunction Cancer', Case Reports in Neurologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/445869. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Recent works proposed to use gait analysis for diplegia classification paving the way for automated analysis.
Alberto Ferrari, Luca Bergamini, Giorgio Guerzoni, Simone Calderara, Nicola Bicocchi,Giorgio Vitetta, Corrado Borghi, Rita Neviani, Adriano Ferrari 2019, 'Gait-Based Diplegia Classification Using LSMT Networks', Journal of Healthcare Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3796898. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)