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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:

PR2.6617, 1947-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6617
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 17 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound; dizziness; aphasia; and spastic hemiparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1954

PR2.6679, 1947-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6679
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: dorsal haemangioendothelioma; paraesthesiae; leg spasms; spasticity; and spinal cord compression. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1961

PR2.6688, 1947-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6688
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: ependymoblastoma; unsteadiness; ependymoma; spasticity; headache; papilloedema; intracranial pressure; cyst; and head injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1950

PR2.6786, 1948-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6786
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; limb weakness; spasticity; cyst; and syringomyelia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1951

PR2.6825, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6825
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: headache; hand weakness; hemiparesis; spasticity; and glioblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6863, 1948-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6863
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 70 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: spasticity; ataxia; numbness; spinal cord degeneration; and lateral sclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1954

PR2.6991, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6991
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: spastic gait; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.7039, 1946-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7039
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: demyelinating disease; trigeminal neuralgia; facial pain; and spastic leg weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1950

PR2.7149, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7149
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: leg weakness; spastic paresis; and disseminated sclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.7173, 1948-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7173
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: numbness; and spasticity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1949