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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:

PR2.12123, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12123
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spastic pyramidal defect in arms; upper motor neurone impairement of leg; and thrombosis in cerebral artery. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12151, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12151
Scope and Contents

Chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: vascular lesion; and spastic weakness of shoulder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12232, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12232
Scope and Contents

Note, chart and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: numbness; hypertension; limb spasticity; jaw jerk; back pain; parasagittal cortical atrophy; and osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12239, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12239
Scope and Contents

correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; choroidal degeneration at the macula; and spastic and ataxic legs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12265, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12265
Scope and Contents

Notes, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: syphilis; spastic hemiparesis; luetic arteritis; Todd's paralysis; optic atrophy; facial weakness; and focal fits of face and arm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12279, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12279
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; deteriorating vision; spastic hemiparesis; tremor in hands; dysarthria; memory loss; and hypertensive encephalopathy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12369, 1952-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12369
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, drawing, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; wound sepsis; spastic arm; epilepsy; expressive dysphasia; encephalitis; and difficulty with micturition. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1953

PR2.12386, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12386
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; spastic lower limbs; hyperkinesis; and tremor. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12407, 1945-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12407
Scope and Contents

Chart, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth trauma; limb spasticity; flexor and adductor spasms; ataxia; arrested hydrocephalus; and tremor. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1953

PR2.12408, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12408
Scope and Contents

Charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: motor neurone disease; spastic paralysis; and spastic dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953