Waxy flexibility is a specific symptom of catatonia. It refers to the patient's body showing resistance to being moved. Alteration of an individual's posture is similar to bending a warm …

2023年1月19日 · With waxy flexibility, a person’s limbs respond like a warm candlestick being moved and positioned. Waxy flexibility is a relatively rare symptom typically seen in catatonia, …

2024年3月11日 · Learn about waxy flexibility, a condition that makes it hard to move your limbs.

2023年5月8日 · If the patient has waxy flexibility and catalepsy (holds a posture against gravity when passively moved into a posture,) catatonia is high on the differential. If there is lead-pipe …

Waxy flexibility. This is when a person puts up some slight even push-back or resistance to any attempt to change their position. Then their muscles slowly release and their limbs bend like a …

2024年5月29日 · Cerea flexibilitas, or "waxy flexibility," is a rare phenomenon observed in certain neuropsychiatric conditions, most notably in catatonic schizophrenia.

2021年7月7日 · Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric condition that affects both behavior and motor function, and results in unresponsiveness in someone who otherwise appears to be awake.

2023年8月9日 · Waxy flexibility: temporary resistance to being moved, similar to a wax doll; Posturing: holding the same unmoving, rigid posture for a long time; Catalepsy: similar to …

The DSM-V defines catatonia as the presence of three or more of the following: Catalepsy, waxy flexibility, stupor, agitation, mutism, negativism, posturing, mannerisms, stereotypies, …

The diagnostic criteria for catatonia in the current DSM-5 require three or more of the following symptoms: stupor, waxy flexibility, catalepsy, mutism, posturing, negativism, stereotypes, …