Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
Hypertonia
Go to external page
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001276
A condition in which there is increased muscle tone so that arms or legs, for example, are stiff and difficult to move. [ ]
Term info
Label
Hypertonia
Synonyms
- Hypertonicity
- Increased muscle tone
layperson term
Spasticity and rigidity of muscles
[
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6548-5200
]
comment
Spasticity is a term that is often used interchangeably with hypertonia. Spasticity, however, is a particular type of hypertonia in which the muscles' spasms are increased by movement. In this type, patients usually have exaggerated reflex responses.
has alternative id
HP:0002388
has narrow synonym
Spasticity and rigidity of muscles
has obo namespace
human_phenotype
has related synonym
Muscle hypertonia
id
HP:0001276
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has_part some (
increased tonicity and
inheres in some muscle organ and
has modifier some abnormal)