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COGWHEEL PHENOMENON [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Muscular rigidity is usually readily evident on passive movement of a limb. Passive movement may demonstrate a smooth resistance (like trying to bend a lead pipe--lead-pipe rigidity), sometimes with superimposed ratchet-like jerks (cogwheel phenomenon).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Maladie de Parkinson [...] La rigidité résulte de l'accroissement permanent de la contraction des muscles et peut provoquer des douleurs et des raideurs musculaires. Sur le plan clinique, elle donne l'impression d'une résistance par à-coups successifs (phénomène de la «roue dentée») ou d'une résistance cireuse («en tuyau de plomb») au mouvement, lorsqu'on déplace passivement le membre.

Key term(s)
  • signe de la roue dentée

Spanish

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