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  2. Rigid spine syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Rigid spine syndrome, also known as congenital muscular dystrophy with rigidity of the spine (CMARS), is a rare and often debilitating neuromuscular disorder. It is characterized by progressive muscle stiffness and rigidity, particularly in the spine, which can severely limit mobility and impact quality of life. This condition is typically ...

  3. Stiff-person syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) [4] Muscle stiffness and contraction can cause abnormal resting postures. Around 70% of those with SPS have the "classic" form of the disease. [5] People with classic SPS typically first experience intermittent tightness or aching in the muscles of the trunk. [6]

  4. Hypokinesia - Wikipedia

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    Hypokinesia is characterized by a partial or complete loss of muscle movement due to a disruption in the basal ganglia. [citation needed] Hypokinesia is a symptom of Parkinson's disease shown as muscle rigidity and an inability to produce movement. It is also associated with mental health disorders and prolonged inactivity due to illness ...

  5. Myotonia congenita - Wikipedia

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    Myotonia congenita is a congenital neuromuscular channelopathy that affects skeletal muscles (muscles used for movement). It is a genetic disorder.The hallmark of the disease is the failure of initiated contraction to terminate, often referred to as delayed relaxation of the muscles and rigidity. [1]

  6. Hypertonia - Wikipedia

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    Spastic hypertonia involves uncontrollable muscle spasms, stiffening or straightening out of muscles, shock-like contractions of all or part of a group of muscles, and abnormal muscle tone. It is seen in disorders such as cerebral palsy, stroke, and spinal cord injury. Rigidity is a severe state of hypertonia where muscle resistance occurs ...

  7. Multiple system atrophy - Wikipedia

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    Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder [1] characterized by tremors, slow movement, muscle rigidity, postural instability (collectively known as parkinsonism), autonomic dysfunction and ataxia.

  8. Congenital muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia

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    CMD with brain-eye, also called muscle-eye-brain disease, [19] is a rare form of congenital muscular dystrophy (autosomal recessive disorder) causing a lack of normal muscle tone which can delay walking due to being weak, also paralysis of eye muscles and intellectual disability which affects an individual's way of processing information. [19]

  9. Signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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    Rigidity is characterized by an increased muscle tone (an excessive and continuous contraction of the muscles) which produces stiffness and resistance to movement in joints. [1] Rigidity may be associated with joint pain, with such pain being a frequent initial manifestation of the disease. [1]