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Descriptor English: Muscle Rigidity
Descriptor Spanish: Rigidez Muscular
Descriptor rigidez muscular
Entry term(s) rigidez de la nuca
rigidez en rueda dentada
rigidez extrapiramidal
Scope note: Contracción muscular involuntaria y sostenida que a menudo es una manifestación de las ENFERMEDADES DE LOS GANGLIOS BASALES. Cuando un músculo afectado se estira de forma pasiva, el grado de resistencia permanece constante independientemente del grado del estiramiento del músculo. Esta característica ayuda a distinguir la rigidez de la ESPASTICIDAD MUSCULAR. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p73)
Descriptor Portuguese: Rigidez Muscular
Descriptor French: Raideur musculaire
Entry term(s): Catatonic Rigidity
Cogwheel Rigidities
Cogwheel Rigidity
Extensor Rigidity
Extrapyramidal Rigidity
Gegenhalten
Gegenhaltens
Muscular Rigidity
Nuchal Rigidity
Rigidities, Cogwheel
Rigidity, Catatonic
Rigidity, Cogwheel
Rigidity, Extensor
Rigidity, Extrapyramidal
Rigidity, Muscle
Rigidity, Muscular
Rigidity, Nuchal
Tree number(s): C05.651.504
C10.597.613.550.500
C23.888.592.608.550.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009127
Scope note: 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)
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 (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 1973
History Note: 1973(1972)
DeCS ID: 9318
Unique ID: D009127
NLM Classification: WE 550
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Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/12/06
Muscle Rigidity - Preferred
Concept UI M0014242
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Muscle Rigidity
Entry term(s) Muscular Rigidity
Rigidity, Muscle
Rigidity, Muscular
Cogwheel Rigidity - Narrower
Concept UI M0336442
Preferred term Cogwheel Rigidity
Entry term(s) Cogwheel Rigidities
Rigidities, Cogwheel
Rigidity, Cogwheel
Nuchal Rigidity - Narrower
Concept UI M0336445
Preferred term Nuchal Rigidity
Entry term(s) Rigidity, Nuchal
Extrapyramidal Rigidity - Narrower
Concept UI M0336443
Preferred term Extrapyramidal Rigidity
Entry term(s) Rigidity, Extrapyramidal
Gegenhalten - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0336444
Preferred term Gegenhalten
Entry term(s) Gegenhaltens
Catatonic Rigidity - Narrower
Concept UI M0336446
Preferred term Catatonic Rigidity
Entry term(s) Rigidity, Catatonic
Extensor Rigidity - Narrower
Concept UI M0336447
Preferred term Extensor Rigidity
Entry term(s) Rigidity, Extensor



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