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Results 1 - 10 of 634 for Muscle tone
  1. Hypotonia 
    Hypotonia means decreased muscle tone. ... Muscle tone and movement involve the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles. Hypotonia may be a sign of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003298.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Prader-Willi Syndrome (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... is a rare genetic disorder. It causes poor muscle tone, low levels of sex hormones and a constant ... Babies with PWS are usually floppy, with poor muscle tone, and have trouble sucking. Boys may have undescended ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/praderwillisyndrome.html - Health Topics
  3. Caring for muscle spasticity or spasms 
    Muscle spasticity, or spasms, causes your muscles to become stiff or rigid. It can also cause exaggerated, deep tendon reflexes, like ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000063.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. KCNK9 imprinting syndrome 
    ... syndrome is a rare condition characterized by weak muscle tone (hypotonia) from birth. As a result, affected infants ... Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) often lasts into adolescence. While muscle tone may improve over time, affected individuals usually have ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/kcnk9-imprinting-syndrome - Genetics
  5. Hereditary hyperekplexia 
    ... a condition in which affected infants have increased muscle tone (hypertonia) and an exaggerated startle reaction to unexpected stimuli, especially loud noises. Following the startle reaction, infants ... muscle twitches when falling asleep (hypnagogic myoclonus) and movements ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/hereditary-hyperekplexia - Genetics
  6. Gillespie syndrome 
    ... is a disorder that involves eye abnormalities, weak muscle tone from birth (congenital hypotonia), problems with balance and coordinating movements (ataxia), and mild to moderate intellectual ... of the tiny muscles that allow the pupil to contract (sphincter pupillae). ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/gillespie-syndrome - Genetics
  7. Cohen syndrome 
    ... intellectual disability, small head size (microcephaly), and weak muscle tone (hypotonia). Other features common in this condition include worsening nearsightedness (myopia), breakdown (degeneration) of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of ... Citation on PubMed
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/cohen-syndrome - Genetics
  8. Xia-Gibbs syndrome 
    ... syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by weak muscle tone (hypotonia), mild to severe intellectual disability and delayed development. Expressive language skills (vocabulary and the production of speech) are ... or Free article on PubMed Central
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/xia-gibbs-syndrome - Genetics
  9. Down syndrome 
    ... intellectual disability, a characteristic facial appearance, and weak muscle tone (hypotonia) in infancy. All affected individuals experience cognitive ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/down-syndrome - Genetics
  10. Tizanidine 
    ... is used to relieve the spasms and increased muscle tone caused by multiple sclerosis (MS, a disease in ... few minutes before standing up.tizanidine can decrease muscle tone, so be careful when walking or doing other ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a601121.html - Drugs and Supplements
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