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\"\"<\/a>Rigidity in which the muscles respond with cogwheel-like jerks to the use of force in bending the limb, as occurs in Parkinson’s disease.<\/p>\n

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Stiff, jerky movements of the muscles as if clicking in a gear; associated with Parkinson’s disease and side effects of neuroleptic medications.<\/p>\n

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The condition that occurs when tremor coexists with rigidity as in Parkinson\u2019s syndrome. In this condition, manually manipulated body parts may take on the feel of a cogwheel. This can occur also as an extrapyramidal side effect of antipsychotic drug therapy.<\/p>\n

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“Cogwheel rigidity” is a term occasionally employed to describe a distinct muscle stiffness observed in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. When someone with this condition has their limbs moved passively, the muscles exhibit a series of small jerky movements while being stretched.<\/p>\n

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Rigidity in which the muscles respond with cogwheel-like jerks to the use of force in bending the limb, as occurs in Parkinson’s disease. Stiff, jerky movements of the muscles as if clicking in a gear; associated with Parkinson’s disease and side effects of neuroleptic medications. 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