Diseases

Muscle Hypertonia

Abnormal increase in skeletal or smooth muscle tone. Skeletal muscle hypertonicity may be associated with PYRAMIDAL TRACT lesions or BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES.

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Abstract

Abnormal increase in skeletal or smooth muscle tone. Skeletal muscle hypertonicity may be associated with PYRAMIDAL TRACT lesions or BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES.

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34 entry terms
  • Hypermyotonia
  • Muscle Tone Increased
  • Muscular Hypertonicity
  • Hypermyotonias
  • Hypertonia, Muscle
  • Hypertonias, Muscle
  • Hypertonicities, Muscular
  • Hypertonicity, Muscular
  • Increased, Muscle Tone
  • Muscle Hypertonias
  • Muscular Hypertonicities
  • Tone Increased, Muscle
  • Hypertonia, Detrusor Muscle
  • Hypertonia, Infantile
  • Hypertonia, Neonatal
  • Hypertonia, Sphincter
  • Hypertonia, Transient
  • Detrusor Muscle Hypertonia
  • Detrusor Muscle Hypertonias
  • Hypertonias, Detrusor Muscle
  • Hypertonias, Infantile
  • Hypertonias, Neonatal
  • Hypertonias, Sphincter
  • Hypertonias, Transient
  • Infantile Hypertonia
  • Infantile Hypertonias
  • Muscle Hypertonia, Detrusor
  • Muscle Hypertonias, Detrusor
  • Neonatal Hypertonia
  • Neonatal Hypertonias
  • Sphincter Hypertonia
  • Sphincter Hypertonias
  • Transient Hypertonia
  • Transient Hypertonias

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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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Indexing Annotation

coord IM with specific muscle/physiopathol (IM) if available

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History Note

1979

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Previous Indexing

  • Muscle Spasticity (1977-1978)
  • Muscle Tonus (1970-1978)
  • Spasm (1966-1976)

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  1. C10w.597.613.550w
  2. C23.888w.592.608.550w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Muscle Hypertonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009122. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009122
  2. Muscle Hypertonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertonia
  3. Muscle Hypertonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574942