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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:

PR2.9006, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9006
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; aphasia; facial weakness; hemiparesis; incontinence; spastic hemiplegia; papilloedema; and cerebral tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9009, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9009
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: difficulty walking; spasticity of limb; limb weakness; hypertonus; thrombosis; incontinence; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9073, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9073
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, charts, note and photograph relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; coma; headache; papilloedema; homonymous hemianopia; hemiparesis with spasticity; incontinence; facial weakness; and intracranial neoplasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9135, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9135
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: medulla blastoma; ataxia; and limb spasticity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9175, 1950-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9175
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: limb weakness; spasticity; hyperextension injury to cervical spine; arm pain; quadrispasticity; and incontinence. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.9224, 1950-1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9224
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, report and x-ray film relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: saccular aneurysm; epileptic attack; subarachnoid haemorrhage; cerebral thrombosis; muscle spasticity; facial asymmertry; hemiplegia; hemianopia; hemianaesthesia; and hemiparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1966

PR2.9230, 1950-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9230
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: spasticity of limbs; mental retardation; thoracic kypho-scoliosis; hydrocephalus; and spina bifida. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1952

PR2.9273, 1950-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9273
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; paraesthesiae; limb weakness; spasticity; cervical myelopathy; Brown-Sequard syndrome; neck pain; and extramedullary lesion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1960

PR2.9364, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9364
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patientfromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 64 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: urine retention; progressive paraplegia; arteriosclerotic myelopathy; limb spasticity; and cord lesion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9393, 1950-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9393
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: parasagittal meningioma; jerking limbs; focal epileptic fits; hemianopia; tonic convulsion; facial asymmetry; and spastic hemi-paresis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1961