Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

impotencia funcional

English translation:

functional deficit

Added to glossary by Mariana Toscano
Jun 9, 2006 15:39
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

impotencia funcional

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general)
En un informe médico se menciona "impotencia funcional de pierna derecha".
Entiendo que se trata de la imposibilidad de realizar movimientos habituales con esa articulacion. Pero no doy con el equivalente en inglés.
Podria ser joint immobility?
Gracias por la ayuda!
Marian :)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 functional deficit
4 +2 joint immobility
5 -1 functional impotence
4 -1 functional impotance

Proposed translations

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functional deficit

Although neilmac has the right idea, I'm afraid I would disagree with the term he uses. Impotencia funcional refers to the lack of ability to move the limb due to any cause (such as a fracture, a nerve lesion or muscle disorder) rather than that the joints are immobile (which could be due, for example, to the patient resisting moving the joint - which would certainly not be an inability to move the limb - or to an arthrodesis, in which the joint cannot be moved but the loss of function may be relatively small).

In this context, I think I would use the term given above: "functional deficit of the right leg/lower limb". This may be total or partial.

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Hope that helps
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : Very thorough (I did note my initial offering was only if referring to the joints)
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Yes, sorry, I just saw the term and responded to that. I should have read further. Thaks for your agreement here.
agree Dr Sue Levy (X)
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Thanks Sue
neutral Charles Davis : "Impotencia" means complete or virtually complete loss of function. "Deficit" does not tend to imply that (nor does "impediment"); it normally means impairment or limitation but not complete loss. When the latter is meant, "afectación" is commonly used.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much!"
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functional impotance

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Peer comment(s):

disagree neilmac : "impotence" (with e) refers to a sexual dysfunction in medical English
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functional impotence

An. Med. Interna (Madrid) - vol.22 no.10Letters to the editor. · Pain and functional impotence in the lower right extremity Cachorro San Pedro, I.; Pinilla Moraza, J.; Labarga Echeverría, P. ...
Peer comment(s):

disagree neilmac : "impotence"usually refers to sexual dysfunction in English. The link is (badly translated IMO) Spanish
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joint immobility

... if it refers to "las articulaciones" (joints)

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-06-09 15:48:03 GMT)
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Or "functional inability"...

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-06-09 15:48:26 GMT)
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Or: "functional impediment"
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Gutierrez : I keep "functional impediment" :))
24 mins
Thanks MG y buen finde :-)
agree Stuart Allsop : I agree with Maria: "functional impediment" is what I would go with.
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Reference comments

3281 days
Reference:

functional disability

another option for future reference
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Charles Davis : Good choice IMO
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