A condition in which there is increased muscle tone so that arms or legs, for example, are stiff and difficult to move. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Increased muscle tone Hypertonicity
Term information
- UMLS:C0026826
- SNOMEDCT_US:56731001
- SNOMEDCT_US:41581000
Spasticity is a term that is often used interchangeably with hypertonia. Spasticity, however, is a particular type of hypertonia in which the muscles' spasms are increased by movement. In this type, patients usually have exaggerated reflex responses.
Term relations
- has part some (
increased tonicity and
characteristic of some muscle organ and
has modifier some abnormal)