Canadian Medical Guide > Diseases > Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Neuromuscular Manifestations > Muscle Hypertonia Terms and Definitions
Muscle Hypertonia
Medical Definition: | Abnormal increase in skeletal or smooth muscle tone. Skeletal muscle hypertonicity may be associated with PYRAMIDAL TRACT lesions or BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES. |
Guide Notes: | coord IM with specific muscle/physiopathol (IM) if available |
Also Called: | Hypertonia, Detrusor Muscle,Hypertonia, Infantile,Hypertonia, Neonatal,Hypertonia, Sphincter,Hypertonia, Transient |
Previously Indexed: | Muscle Spasticity (1977-1978),Muscle Tonus (1970-1978),Spasm (1966-1976) |
Muscle Hypertonia Medical Definitions and Terms
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