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Descriptor English: Muscle Hypotonia
Descriptor Spanish: Hipotonía Muscular
Descriptor hipotonía muscular
Entry term(s) hipotonía
tono muscular flácido
Scope note: Disminución del tono de los músculos esqueléticos caracterizada por disminución de la resistencia a la extensión pasiva.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hipotonia Muscular
Descriptor French: Hypotonie musculaire
Entry term(s): Decreased Muscle Tone
Flaccid Muscle Tone
Flaccidity, Muscle
Flaccidity, Muscular
Floppy Muscle
Floppy Muscles
Hypomyotonia
Hypotonia
Hypotonia, Muscle
Hypotonia, Muscular
Hypotonia, Neonatal
Hypotonia, Unilateral
Hypotonias, Neonatal
Hypotonias, Unilateral
Hypotony, Muscle
Muscle Flaccidity
Muscle Hypotony
Muscle Tone Atonic
Muscle Tone Atonics
Muscle Tone Poor
Muscle Tone, Decreased
Muscle Tone, Flaccid
Muscle, Floppy
Muscles, Floppy
Muscular Flaccidities
Muscular Flaccidity
Muscular Hypotonia
Neonatal Hypotonia
Neonatal Hypotonias
Tone Atonic, Muscle
Tone Poor, Muscle
Unilateral Hypotonia
Tree number(s): C10.597.613.575
C23.888.592.608.575
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009123
Scope note: A diminution of the skeletal muscle tone marked by a diminished resistance to passive stretching.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Muscular Diseases (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 1977
History Note: 1977
DeCS ID: 9313
Unique ID: D009123
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/05/19
Revision Date: 2001/07/25
Muscle Hypotonia - Preferred
Concept UI M0014238
Scope note A diminution of the skeletal muscle tone marked by a diminished resistance to passive stretching.
Preferred term Muscle Hypotonia
Entry term(s) Decreased Muscle Tone
Hypomyotonia
Hypotonia
Hypotonia, Muscle
Hypotonia, Muscular
Hypotony, Muscle
Muscle Hypotony
Muscle Tone Poor
Muscle Tone, Decreased
Muscular Hypotonia
Tone Poor, Muscle
Unilateral Hypotonia - Narrower
Concept UI M0336433
Preferred term Unilateral Hypotonia
Entry term(s) Hypotonia, Unilateral
Hypotonias, Unilateral
Muscle Tone Atonic - Narrower
Concept UI M0336431
Preferred term Muscle Tone Atonic
Entry term(s) Muscle Tone Atonics
Tone Atonic, Muscle
Neonatal Hypotonia - Narrower
Concept UI M0336432
Preferred term Neonatal Hypotonia
Entry term(s) Hypotonia, Neonatal
Hypotonias, Neonatal
Neonatal Hypotonias
Flaccid Muscle Tone - Narrower
Concept UI M0336429
Preferred term Flaccid Muscle Tone
Entry term(s) Flaccidity, Muscle
Flaccidity, Muscular
Muscle Flaccidity
Muscle Tone, Flaccid
Muscular Flaccidities
Muscular Flaccidity
Floppy Muscles - Narrower
Concept UI M0336430
Preferred term Floppy Muscles
Entry term(s) Floppy Muscle
Muscle, Floppy
Muscles, Floppy



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