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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:

PR2.3326, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3326
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; spasticity; and microcephaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3383, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3383
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: spastic hypertonus; physical disability; and mental disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3426, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3426
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: spinal cord lesion; staggering; leg numbness; and spastic paraparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3443, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3443
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral clot; spasticity; and head injury. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3479, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3479
Scope and Contents

Notes, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: tetraspasticity; dysarthria; and disseminated sclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3567, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3567
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: spastic hypertonus; and Jacob Kreuzfeldt's disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3596, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3596
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; migraine; dizziness; birth injury; and spasticity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3705, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3705
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and spasticity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3805, 1945-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3805
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 1945. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; and spasticity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1958

PR2.3901, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3901
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: leg weakness; speech disorder; and spastic paraplegia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946