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Symptom: Stiffness

Stiffness: Reduced mobility or movement
Detailed cause information for symptom: Stiffness:

Medical conditions causing symptom: Stiffness (88 conditions)

Medical conditions causing complication: Stiffness (8 conditions)

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Types of Stiffness: stiff neck (25), stiff back (8), stiff joints (18), stiff hip (7), stiff leg (8), stiff thigh (1), stiff knee (9), stiff shoulder (6), stiff arm (4), stiff elbow (3)
Stiffness type of: Movement symptoms (231)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions

Conditions listing symptoms: Stiffness: The following list of conditions have 'Stiffness' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... stiff neck

Adult-onset ALD ... leg stiffness, stiffness

Alexander Syndrome ... spasticity (stiffness of arms and/or legs)

Alpers Syndrome ... spasticity (stiffness of the limbs)

Ankylosing Spondylitis ... lower back stiffness, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis

Ankylosis ... joint immobility, stiff joints, fused joint bones

Anoxia ... neck stiffness

Arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, morning joint stiffness, knee stiffness, difficulty moving joint, knee clicking, joint stiffness

Autoimmune thyroid diseases ... sluggishness

Avascular necrosis ... limited joint mobility

B

Behcet's Disease ... joint stiffness, stiff neck

Bipolar disorder ... sluggishness

Broken elbow ... difficulty moving elbow

Bursitis ... joint stiffness

C

Canavan disease ... stiffness

Connective tissue disorders ... joint tightness

D

Depression ... sluggishness

Depressive disorders ... sluggishness

Dermatomyositis ... joint stiffness

Dialysis-related amyloidosis ... joint stiffness

Dislocated elbow ... difficulty moving elbow

Dislocation ... difficulty moving the joint

Dysthymia ... sluggishness

E

Encephalitis ... stiff back, stiff neck

Enterocolitis ... sluggishness

Epicondylitis ... elbow stiffness

F

Fahr's Syndrome ... spasticity (stiffness of the limbs)

Fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness

Frozen Shoulder ... shoulder immobility, shoulder stiffness, limited shoulder mobility

Fungal meningitis ... stiff neck

G

Grand mal seizures ... stiff muscles

Granulomatous amebic encephalitis ... stiff neck

H

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis ... physical slowness

Hemophilus influenzae B ... stiff neck

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia ... progressive leg spasticity (stiffness)

Huntington's Disease ... neck muscle rigidity

Hypothyroidism ... sluggishness

J

Japanese encephalitis ... neck stiffness

Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... knee stiffness, joint stiffness, stiff neck

K

Knee sprain ... knee stiffness

Knee tendinitis ... difficulty bending knee, difficulty extending knee, difficulty lifting leg

L

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... hip stiffness

Listeriosis ... stiff neck

Lyme disease ... stiff neck

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... stiff neck

M

Melioidosis ... stiff neck

Meningitis ... stiff muscles, pain on moving neck, inability to straighten knees, Neck stiffness, stiff neck

Meningococcal disease ... pain on moving neck, Neck stiffness, stiff neck

Meniscus injury ... knee clicking

Mucopolysaccharidosis II ... joint stiffness

Myotonic Dystrophy ... muscle stiffness

N

Naegleria ... stiff neck

O

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... reduced mobility, slowness of movements, muscle stiffness

Osteoarthritis ... slow movement, morning stiffness, joint locking, hip stiffness, knee stiffness, stiffness, joint stiffness

P

Paget's disease of bone ... hip arthritis

Plica Syndrome ... knee clicking

Polio ... stiff back, stiff neck

Polymyalgia rheumatica ... back stiffness, morning stiffness, hip stiffness, shoulder stiffness, stiffness, neck stiffness

Primary Lateral Sclerosis ... leg stiffness, slowness of movement, stiffness of movement

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... stiffness

Prostate Cancer ... lower back stiffness, hip stiffness, upper thigh stiffness

Psoriasis ... restricted joint motion

R

Rabies ... Stiff muscles

Reiter’s syndrome ... joint stiffness

Repetitive Motion Disorders ... loss of flexibility

Repetitive Strain Injury ... loss of flexibility

Rheumatoid arthritis ... morning stiffness, morning joint stiffness, joint stiffness

Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... muscle stiffness

S

Sarcoidosis ... sluggishness

Sciatica ... stiff back

Scleroderma ... stiff joints

Shoulder arthritis ... reduced shoulder mobility

Shy-Drager Syndrome ... slow movement, stiff muscles

Slipped epiphysis ... hip stiffness

Spastic disorders ... muscle stiffness

Spasticity ... stiff muscles, fixed joints

Spondylosis ... stiff lumbar region, stiff neck

Sprain ... reduced joint mobility, joint immobility

Stiff-Person Syndrome ... stiff-legged gait

Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... stiff neck

Sydenham chorea ... shoulder spasms

Syphilis ... stiff neck

Syringomyelia ... back stiffness, leg stiffness, shoulder stiffness, arm stiffness, stiffness

T

Temporal arteritis ... stiffness

Tetanus ... neck muscle rigidity, stiff neck

Thyroid disorders ... sluggishness

V

Viral meningitis ... pain on moving neck, Neck stiffness, stiff neck

W

Whiplash ... neck stiffness

Conditions listing complications: Stiffness: The following list of conditions have 'Stiffness' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Arthritis ... joint stiffness

G

Gout ... joint immobility

P

Paget's disease of bone ... hip arthritis

R

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome ... stiff joints

S

Scleroderma ... stiff joints

Shoulder dislocation ... torn shoulder ligaments, torn shoulder tendons

Shoulder separation ... torn shoulder ligaments, torn shoulder tendons

Slipped epiphysis ... hip arthritis

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