Paratonia

Paratonia

Paratonia, also known as "gegenhalten", is classified as a form of hypertonia with an involuntary variable resistance (i.e reduced ability of a muscle to stretch) during passive movement (i.e a movement without effort). The disease develops during the period of dementia and the degree of effect is dependent upon the diseases progress. Paratonia was classified very recently by experts.

ee also

*Muscle tone
*Hypertonia
*Hypotonia
*Dementia

References

*http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4055/is_200601/ai_n17183198
*http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/p/paratonia.php


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