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clasp-knife rigidity (medicine)


clasp-knife rigidity -->
clasp-knife spasticity
Initial increased resistance to stretch of the extensor muscles of a joint that give way rather suddenly allowing the joint then to be easily flexed; the rigidity is due to an exaggeration of the stretch reflex.

See: lengthening reaction.

Synonym: clasp-knife effect, clasp-knife rigidity.