Medical Definition of Clasp-knife effect

1. 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. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clasp-knife Effect

clash
clashed
clasher
clashers
clashes
clashier
clashiest
clashing
clashingly
clasht
clashy
clasmatocyte
clasmatosis
clasp
clasp-knife
clasp-knife effect (current term)
clasp-knife rigidity
clasp-knife spasticity
clasp arm
clasp guideline
clasp knife
clasped
clasper
claspered
claspers
clasping
clasps
claspt

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