Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Spinal rigidity
Reduced spine movement
HP:0003306
What it means
Reduced ability to move the vertebral column with a resulting limitation of neck and trunk flexion.
Rare diseases that can present with this25
Very common80–99%
3Common30–79%
12- Autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
- Autosomal recessive Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
- Calpain-3-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R1
- Childhood-onset nemaline myopathy
- Classic multiminicore myopathy
- Congenital muscular dystrophy due to LMNA mutation
- Congenital muscular dystrophy-respiratory failure-skin abnormalities-joint hyperlaxity syndrome
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
- Multiminicore myopathy
- Progressive external ophthalmoplegia-myopathy-emaciation syndrome
- Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
- X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
Sometimes5–29%
8The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Rigid spine
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