Muscle Rigidity
"Muscle Rigidity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Continuous involuntary sustained muscle contraction which is often a manifestation of BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES. When an affected muscle is passively stretched, the degree of resistance remains constant regardless of the rate at which the muscle is stretched. This feature helps to distinguish rigidity from MUSCLE SPASTICITY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p73)
| Descriptor ID |
D009127
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.504 C10.597.613.550.500 C23.888.592.608.550.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Rigidity- Muscle Rigidity
- Rigidity, Muscle
- Rigidity, Muscular
- Muscular Rigidity
Cogwheel Rigidity- Cogwheel Rigidity
- Cogwheel Rigidities
- Rigidities, Cogwheel
- Rigidity, Cogwheel
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