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COGWHEEL RIGIDITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A type of rigidity seen as part of Parkinson's disease in which, upon applying force to bend the limb, the muscles yield jerkily giving a feeling to the examiner as of cogwheels moving upon one another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Dans la maladie de Parkinson, perception, à la mobilisation passive d'une articulation, d'une série de brefs ressauts comparables à l'impression produite par le mouvement d'une roue dentée.

OBS

Le terme «signe de la roue dentée» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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