TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Stiffness A1 - Smith, Claire A1 - Fisher, Beth E. A2 - Davenport, Todd E. A2 - Kulig, Kornelia A2 - Sebelski, Chris A. A2 - Gordon, James A2 - Watts, Hugh G. PY - 2013 T2 - Diagnosis for Physical Therapists: A Symptom-Based Approach AB - This chapter describes pathology that may lead to stiffness of the body. Stiffness is both an objective event that can be perceived by a clinician and a subjective phenomenon that is perceived by the individual. The increased resistance to movement a therapist feels while passively moving a limb of his or her patient might be described as stiffness. Additionally, stiff might refer to a patient's description of how the limbs feel when he or she attempts to actively move or bend. Subjective stiffness may arise from issues with motor sequencing and recruitment, coordination, and the length of passive structures. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/19 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1133835009 ER -