Spasmodic torticollis (English spelling) spasmodictorticollis

Japanese: spasmodic torticollis(英語表記)spasmodictorticollis
Spasmodic torticollis (English spelling) spasmodictorticollis

…When assuming a certain position (for example, standing), muscle tone increases abnormally, voluntary movement is hindered, and the limbs are fixed in a deformed position. It is a syndrome that appears with various diseases such as spasmodic torticollis, Wilson's disease, and Parkinson's syndrome. Torsion dystonia or dystonia musculorum deformans, which is one of the diseases that presents dystonia, presents with generalized dystonia such as lumbar lordosis, thoracic retroflexion, pelvic torsion, and adduction and internal rotation of the limbs, and is particularly noticeable when standing or walking. …

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Japanese:

…一定の肢位(たとえば起立位)をとるときに,筋緊張が異常に高まり,随意運動が妨げられ,変形した肢位に固定される。ひとつの症候群で,痙性斜頸spasmodic torticollis,ウィルソン病,パーキンソン症候群など,種々の疾患にともなって出現する。また,ジストニーを呈する疾患のひとつである捻転ジストニーtorsion dystoniaあるいは変形性筋ジストニーdystonia musculorum deformansは,腰部前彎,胸部後屈,骨盤捻転,四肢の内転・内旋など,全身性のジストニーを呈し,起立時,歩行時に著しい。…

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