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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)
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- Rigidity, Muscular
- Muscular Rigidity
- Rigidity, Muscle
- Catatonic Rigidity
- Cogwheel Rigidity
- Extensor Rigidity
- Extrapyramidal Rigidity
- Gegenhalten
- Nuchal Rigidity
- Cogwheel Rigidities
- Gegenhaltens
- Rigidities, Cogwheel
- Rigidity, Catatonic
- Rigidity, Cogwheel
- Rigidity, Extensor
- Rigidity, Extrapyramidal
- Rigidity, Nuchal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1973(1972)
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- Muscular Diseases (1966-1971)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Muscle Rigidity. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009127. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009127
- Muscle Rigidity. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigidity_(neurology)
- Muscle Rigidity. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1529977