Description

A practitioner assesses an infant or adult's muscle tone by observing posture, reflex responses, and resistance to passive movements. They look for profound weakness and a floppy appearance characteristic of severe myopathies.

Directly Diagnoses

Possible Results / States

Profound Hypotonia

Severely decreased muscle tone causing a rag doll appearance in infants, resulting from glycogen accumulation in muscle tissue.

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