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Absent Achilles reflex- MedGen UID:
- 108240
- •Concept ID:
- C0558845
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- Finding
Absence of the Achilles reflex (also known as the ankle jerk reflex), which can normally be elicited by tapping the tendon is tapped while the foot is dorsiflexed.
Dysphagia- MedGen UID:
- 41440
- •Concept ID:
- C0011168
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- Disease or Syndrome
Difficulty in swallowing.
Tremor- MedGen UID:
- 21635
- •Concept ID:
- C0040822
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- Sign or Symptom
An unintentional, oscillating to-and-fro muscle movement about a joint axis.
Waddling gait- MedGen UID:
- 66667
- •Concept ID:
- C0231712
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- Finding
Weakness of the hip girdle and upper thigh muscles, for instance in myopathies, leads to an instability of the pelvis on standing and walking. If the muscles extending the hip joint are affected, the posture in that joint becomes flexed and lumbar lordosis increases. The patients usually have difficulties standing up from a sitting position. Due to weakness in the gluteus medius muscle, the hip on the side of the swinging leg drops with each step (referred to as Trendelenburg sign). The gait appears waddling. The patients frequently attempt to counteract the dropping of the hip on the swinging side by bending the trunk towards the side which is in the stance phase (in the German language literature this is referred to as Duchenne sign). Similar gait patterns can be caused by orthopedic conditions when the origin and the insertion site of the gluteus medius muscle are closer to each other than normal, for instance due to a posttraumatic elevation of the trochanter or pseudarthrosis of the femoral neck.
Broad-based gait- MedGen UID:
- 167799
- •Concept ID:
- C0856863
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- Finding
An abnormal gait pattern in which persons stand and walk with their feet spaced widely apart. This is often a component of cerebellar ataxia.
Myopathy- MedGen UID:
- 10135
- •Concept ID:
- C0026848
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- Disease or Syndrome
A disorder of muscle unrelated to impairment of innervation or neuromuscular junction.
Muscle weakness- MedGen UID:
- 57735
- •Concept ID:
- C0151786
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- Finding
Reduced strength of muscles.
Proximal muscle weakness- MedGen UID:
- 113169
- •Concept ID:
- C0221629
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- Finding
A lack of strength of the proximal muscles.
Distal muscle weakness- MedGen UID:
- 140883
- •Concept ID:
- C0427065
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- Finding
Reduced strength of the musculature of the distal extremities.
Skeletal muscle atrophy- MedGen UID:
- 892680
- •Concept ID:
- C0541794
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- Pathologic Function
The presence of skeletal muscular atrophy (which is also known as amyotrophy).
Neck flexor weakness- MedGen UID:
- 334801
- •Concept ID:
- C1843637
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- Finding
Weakness of the muscles involved in neck flexion (sternocleidomastoid, longus capitus, longus colli, and scalenus anterior).
Proximal amyotrophy- MedGen UID:
- 342591
- •Concept ID:
- C1850794
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- Disease or Syndrome
Amyotrophy (muscular atrophy) affecting the proximal musculature.
Elevated circulating creatine kinase concentration- MedGen UID:
- 69128
- •Concept ID:
- C0241005
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- Finding
An elevation of the level of the enzyme creatine kinase (also known as creatine phosphokinase (CK; EC 2.7.3.2) in the blood. CK levels can be elevated in a number of clinical disorders such as myocardial infarction, rhabdomyolysis, and muscular dystrophy.
Hypernasal speech- MedGen UID:
- 107884
- •Concept ID:
- C0566620
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- Finding
A type of speech characterized by the presence of an abnormally increased nasal airflow during speech.
- Abnormality of limbs
- Abnormality of metabolism/homeostasis
- Abnormality of the digestive system
- Abnormality of the musculoskeletal system
- Abnormality of the nervous system
- Abnormality of the voice