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Chapter 7 of the book "The Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions at the Start of the New Millennium" is presented. It discusses the health status measures and the information that have been collected by using them. It explores the multidimensional approach in assessing the health status for musculoskeletal conditions. It emphasizes the importance of setting a framework that elaborates the relationships between different health status when examining the consequences of limb trauma.

An encyclopedia entry for "Seizures Induced by Movement" is presented. There are some seizures that can be induced by passive or active movement of an extremity or by a startle reaction. Inciting stimulus may be generated by proprioceptive feedback resulting from a movement arising via thalamocortical activation due to alerting combined with a hyperexcitable cortex. Movement-sensitive epilepsy may be linked with startle-induced seizures in patients with lesions of the motor cortex and infantile hemiplegia who have tonic seizures.

An encyclopedia entry for "dyskinesias" is presented. It states that paroxysmal dyskinesias are composed primarily of oral-buccal-facial dyskinesias, however, choreic, athetotic or ballistic movements of the limbs, could appear either unilaterally or bilaterally. It notes that dyskinesia could be familial and be precipitated by movement (kinosiogenic) and usually appear in patients with encephalopathy when high antiepileptic drug (AED) levels are achieved.

A quote from Herodian saying that he disposes his limbs upon a soft cushion is presented.