A type of rigidity in which a muscle responds with cogwheellike jerks to the use of constant force in bending the limb (i.e., it gives way in little, repeated jerks when the muscle is passively stretched). [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]

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  • UMLS:C0151564
  • SNOMEDCT_US:55630000
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Cogwheel rigidity is a typical manifestation of Parkinson disease.

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HP:0002396

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