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A patient status post left CVA works on strengthening the hip abductors and adductors while positioned in supine on a mat. The physical therapist applies resistance to the left hip adductors and notices that the patient's right hip spontaneously moves into adduction. Which term is MOST consistent with the presented scenario?1.Limb synergy2.Souques' phenomenon3.Raimiste's phenomenon4.Homolateral synkinesis
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