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Muscle Spasticity

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A form of muscle hypertonia associated with upper MOTOR NEURON DISEASE. Resistance to passive stretch of a spastic muscle results in minimal initial resistance (a \"free interval\") followed by an incremental increase in muscle tone. Tone increases in proportion to the velocity of stretch. Spasticity is usually accompanied by HYPERREFLEXIA and variable degrees of MUSCLE WEAKNESS. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 314 Collections and/or Records:

PR3.3, 1939-1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.3
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, correspondence and report relating to male R.A.F. flying officer from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1939 Conditions mentioned include: head injury; paralysis; blurred vision; spasticity; aphasia; and compound skull fracture. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR3.83, 1940-1970

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.83
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, drawing, reports and notes and charts relating to male gunner from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 23 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: spasticity of left leg; hypoaesthesia; dysmetria; neck pain; hemiplegia; hemianaesthesia; headache; cerebral disease; lumbago; thrombophlebitis of cerebral veins; lower lumbar disc protusion; and osteophytosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1970

PR2.228, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.228
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient first examined in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; disseminated sclerosis; nystagmus; and spasticity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR2.272, 1938-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.272
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: back injury; numbness; and spasticity. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1941

PR2.362, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.362
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians First examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: spasticity of all the muscles; pseudo-bulbo-paralysis; bilateral supranuclear lesions; hysteria; pyelitis; dysarthria; and dysphagia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR2.489, 1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.489
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: brain damage; epilepsy; hydrocephalus; and spastic quadriplegia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR2.699, 1941-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.699
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: tetra-spasticity; muscle wasting; and amytrophic lateral sclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1942

PR2.823, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.823
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: arteriosclerosis; paraesthesiae; spasticity; and arterial hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.949, 1942-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.949
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; spasticity; and meningoencephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1945

PR3.129, 1940-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.129
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, correspondence and drawings relating to male gunner from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: left sided spastic hemiparesis; cerebral lesion; and parkinsonian state. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1941