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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:

PR2.12984, 1953-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12984
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; demyelinating disease; spastic gait; spasticity of lower limbs; backache; and hypertonus of left side. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.12991, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12991
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 15 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; limb spasticity; and spastic foot drop. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.13111, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13111
Scope and Contents

Notes, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 77 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: lumbar osteoarthritis; cerebro-vascular lesion of thrombosis and spasm; atrophy of thigh; spastic weakness of arm and leg. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.13273, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13273
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spinal meningioma; progressive motor and sensory disabilities; spasticity in lower limbs; and hypoalgesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.13304, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13304
Scope and Contents

Reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; secondary carcinoma; bronchial neoplasm; and spastic limbs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13382, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13382
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes, postmortem report and photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; tingling; epilepsy; seizure; unconsciousness; spasticity; and weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13389, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13389
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: stiffness and numbness in hands; hand clonus; gait disorder; syringomyelia; cervical cord compression; spasticity; and cervical sponydylosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.13491, 1953-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13491
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, note, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: syringomyelia; kyphoscoliosis; unsteadiness in walking; and limb spasticity. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1965

PR2.13556, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13556
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 73 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spastcity of arms; ataxia; achlorhydria; sensory peripheral neuritis; and subacute combined degeneration spinal cord. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.13689, 1954-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13689
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cervical spondylosis; disc protrusion; quadrispasticity; and old cervical spinal cord injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1960