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Stiffness: Introduction

Further information about Stiffness is below, or review more specific information about these types of Stiffness: stiff neck, stiff back, stiff joints, stiff hip, stiff leg, stiff thigh, stiff knee, stiff shoulder or other types.

Stiffness: Reduced mobility or movement. See free access online books about Stiffness below. See detailed information below for a list of 616 causes of Stiffness, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Stiffness

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Causes of Types of Stiffness:

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Stiffness: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Stiffness, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Stiffness

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Diagnostic Guides for Stiffness

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Stiffness from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Stiffness. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Stiffness

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Stories from Users for Stiffness

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Medications or substances causing Stiffness:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Stiffness as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

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Organs affected by Stiffness:

The list of organs typically affected by Stiffness may include, but is not limited to:

  • General constitution

Detailed list of causes of Stiffness

The list below shows some of the causes of Stiffness mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 616 causes of Stiffness

How Common are these Causes of Stiffness?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Stiffness. Of the 616 causes of Stiffness that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 6 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 12 causes are "common" diseases
  • 8 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 9 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 28 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 566 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 616 causes of Stiffness

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.

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  • 7p2 Monosomy Syndrome ... difficulty moving joints

    A

  • Abdominal muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Acanthamoeba infection ... stiff neck
  • Acanthamoeba infection of the central nervous system ... stiff neck
  • Acquired hypothyroidism ... sluggishness
  • Acromesomelic dysplasia Brahimi Bacha type ... restricted joint mobility
  • Acromesomelic dysplasia Hunter Thompson type ... restricted joint mobility
  • Acromesomelic dysplasia, Maroteaux type ... restricted joint mobility
  • Acromicric dysplasia ... restricted joint mobility
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... stiff neck
  • Acute headache ... Stiff neck
  • Acute idiopathic polyneuritis ... stiff neck
  • Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form ... limited knee extension
  • Adducted thumbs - arthrogryposis, Christian type ... limited knee extension, arthrogryposis
  • Adrenal adenoma, familial ... increased muscle bulk
  • Adrenal Cancer ... increased muscle bulk
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms ... increased muscle bulk
  • Adrenal gland hyperfunction ... increased muscle bulk
  • Adrenal incidentaloma ... increased muscle bulk
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma ... increased muscle bulk
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy ... leg stiffness
  • Adult progressive spinal muscular atrophy, Aran Duchenne type ... stiffness
  • Adult-onset ALD ... leg stiffness, stiffness
  • Akesson syndrome ... restricted joint mobility, increased muscle tone
  • Alexander Syndrome ... leg stiffness, spasticity (stiffness of arms and/or legs), arm stiffness
  • Alkaptonuria ... joint stiffness
  • Allain Babin Demarquez syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Alpers Syndrome ... spasticity (stiffness of the limbs), increased muscle tone
  • Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase deficiency ... increased muscle tone
  • Amyoplasia ... joint stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 9 ... muscle stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 1 ... muscle stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2 ... muscle stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 3 ... muscle stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 4 ... muscle stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 5 ... muscle stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 6 ... muscle stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 7 ... muscle stiffness
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 8 ... muscle stiffness
  • Angiokeratoma - mental retardation - coarse face ... restricted joint mobility
  • Angiostrongyliasis ... stiff neck
  • Ankle Arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, joint stiffness
  • Ankle Osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis ... lower back stiffness, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis
  • Ankylosis ... joint immobility, stiff joints, fused joint bones
  • Ankylosis - facial anomalies - pulmonary hypoplasia syndrome ... arthrogryposis
  • Anoxia ... neck stiffness
  • Antley-Bixler Syndrome ... decreased range of motion at hips, decreased range of motion at knees
  • Antley-Bixler-like syndrome - ambiguous genitalia - disordered steroidogenesis ... decreased range of motion at hips, decreased range of motion at knees
  • Arbovirosis ... stiff neck
  • Arginase deficiency ... muscle stiffness
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type 3 ... stiffness
  • Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase deficiency ... stiffness
  • Arthralgia ... stiffness
  • Arthritis ... joint clicking, knee locking, joint locking, morning joint stiffness, knee stiffness, difficulty moving joint, knee clicking, joint stiffness
  • Arthritis - short stature - deafness ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis - ophthalmoplegia - retinopathy ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis - renal dysfunction - cholestasis syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis due to muscular dystrophy ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis IUGR thoracic dystrophy ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita neurogenic type ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita type 2B ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, distal, X-linked ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis, congenital - myopathic seizures ... arthrogryposis
  • Arthrogryposis, distal, type 2A ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis, distal, type 2B ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthrogryposis-like disorder ... restricted joint mobility
  • Arthropathy, progressive pseudorheumatoid, of childhood ... restricted joint mobility
  • Atherosclerosis, premature - deafness - diabetes mellitus - photomyoclonus - nephropathy - degenerative neurologic disease ... increased muscle tone
  • Atherosclerosis- deafness - diabetes - epilepsy - nephropathy ... increased muscle tone
  • Atlanto-Axial Fusion ... stiff neck
  • Austrian syndrome ... stiff neck
  • Autoimmune thyroid diseases ... sluggishness
  • Avascular necrosis ... limited joint mobility, joint stiffness

    B

  • Back sprain ... back stiffness
  • Back tumour ... difficulty moving spine
  • Bacterial meningitis ... stiff neck
  • Bahemuka Brown syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Baraitser Brett Piesowicz syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Baraitser burn fixen syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Bartschi-Rochaix syndrome ... stiff neck
  • Basilar impression primary ... pain on moving neck
  • Becker disease ... muscle stiffness
  • Behcet's Disease ... joint stiffness, stiff neck
  • Bell mania ... stiff muscles
  • Bell's Palsy ... stiff neck
  • Bentham-Driessen-Hanveld syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Bethlem myopathy ... reduced joint mobility
  • Bicep muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Bipolar disorder ... sluggishness
  • Borreliosis ... stiff neck
  • Brachydactyly - tibial hypoplasia ... restricted joint mobility
  • Broken Collarbone ... difficulty moving shoulder, difficulty moving arm, difficulty moving arm
  • Broken elbow ... difficulty moving elbow
  • Bursitis ... difficulty moving affected joint, joint stiffness, joint stiffness

    C

  • Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia ... muscle stiffness
  • Calf muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Canavan disease ... stiffness
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase 2 deficiency ... muscle stiffness
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase deficiency ... muscle stiffness
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, infantile hepatocardiomuscular type ... muscle stiffness
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, lethal neonatal form ... muscle stiffness
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, myopathic ... muscle stiffness
  • Cerebrorenodigital syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with pyramidal features, autosomal dominant ... increased muscle tone
  • Chemical meningitis ... Stiff neck
  • Chemical poisoning - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ... increased muscle tone
  • Chemical poisoning - Metaldehyde ... increased muscle tone
  • Chemical poisoning - Strychnine ... back stiffness, muscle stiffness, stiff neck
  • Childhood hypophosphatasia ... muscle stiffness
  • Chondritis ... stiffness
  • Chondrocalcinosis ... joint stiffness
  • Chondrocalcinosis 1 ... stiff joints
  • Chondrocalcinosis 2 ... stiff joints
  • Chondrocalcinosis due to apatite crystal deposition ... morning stiffness
  • Chondrocalcinosis familial articular ... stiff joints
  • Christian's syndrome 1 ... arthrogryposis
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q25 q32 ... increased muscle tone
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q4 ... restricted joint mobility
  • Chromosome 12, Isochromosome 12p Mosaic ... stiff joints
  • Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Chromosome 21 monosomy ... arthrogryposis
  • Chromosome 21q deletion syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Chromosome 3, monosomy 3p25 ... restricted joint mobility
  • Chromosome 3, monosomy 3q13 ... restricted joint mobility
  • Chromosome 6, monosomy 6q ... Stiff joints
  • Chromosome 6q deletion syndrome ... stiff ;joints
  • Chromosome 7, Monosomy 7p2 ... difficulty moving joints
  • Chromosome 7, monosomy 7q3 ... increased muscle tone
  • Chromosome 7, terminal 7p deletion ... difficulty moving joints
  • Chromosome 7, trisomy 7q ... Joint stiffness
  • Chromosome 7q duplication syndrome ... joint stiffness
  • Chromosome 8q deletion syndrome ... limited knee extension
  • Chromosome 9, trisomy 9q ... stiff joints
  • Chromosome 9p tetrasomy syndrome ... arthrogryposis
  • Chromosome 9q duplication ... stiff joints
  • Chromosome 9q duplication syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Congenital ichthyosis, microcephalus, quadriplegia ... increased muscle tone
  • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy ... stiff joints
  • Congenital myopathy ... stiff muscles
  • Connective tissue disorders ... joint tightness
  • Connective tissue dysplasia, Spellacy type ... restricted joint mobility
  • Cranio osteoarthropathy ... stiff joints
  • Craniostenosis with congenital heart disease mental retardation ... stiff jaw
  • Cryptococcal Meningitis ... Stiff neck
  • Cutis verticis gyrata mental deficiency ... restricted joint mobility, increased muscle tone

    D

  • Davenport-Donlan syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Deletion 6q ... Stiff joints
  • Deposition diseases related fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Depression ... sluggishness
  • Depressive disorders ... sluggishness
  • Dermatomyositis ... joint stiffness
  • Desbuquois dysplasia-like syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy ... increased muscle tone
  • Desmoplastic infantile ganglioma ... increased muscle tone
  • Dialysis-related amyloidosis ... joint stiffness
  • Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis ... back stiffness
  • Dislocated elbow ... difficulty moving elbow
  • Dislocation ... difficulty moving the joint
  • Duplication 7q ... Joint stiffness
  • Dwarfism - stiff joint - ocular abnormalities ... stiff joints
  • Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen Syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Dysostosis ... stiff joints
  • Dysthymia ... sluggishness

    E

  • Ectopia lentis, isolated ... stiff joints
  • Edinburgh malformation syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Elbow Arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, joint stiffness
  • Elbow conditions ... Difficulty moving elbow
  • Elbow Osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness
  • Elbow sprain ... elbow stiffness
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, dominant type ... stiff neck
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked ... stiff neck
  • Encephalitis ... stiff back, stiff neck
  • Encephalomyelitis ... stiff neck
  • Encephalopathy due to sulphite oxidase deficiency ... increased muscle tone
  • Enterocolitis ... sluggishness
  • Eosinophilic fasciitis ... Morning stiffness
  • Epicondylitis ... elbow stiffness
  • Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 1 ... increased muscle tone
  • Epiphyseal dysplasia, multiple ... joint stiffness
  • Epiphyseal dysplasia, multiple, 2 ... knee stiffness, elbow stiffness
  • Epiphyseal dysplasia, multiple, 3 ... joint stiffness
  • Epiphyseal dysplasia, multiple, 5 ... joint stiffness
  • Epstein Barr virus related fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Erythema chronicum migrans ... stiff neck
  • Ewing's family of tumors ... stiffness
  • Exertional headaches ... Neck stiffness

    F

  • Facet syndrome ... stiffness
  • Facial dysmorphism - intellectual deficit - short stature - hearing loss ... reduced joint mobility, joint stiffness
  • Facies unusual arthrogryposis advanced skeletal malformations ... arthrogryposis
  • Fahr's Syndrome ... spasticity (stiffness of the limbs)
  • Familial Cold Autoinflamatory Syndrome (FCAS) ... stiff joints
  • Familial hypopituitarism ... stiff joints
  • Familial infantile metachromatic leukodystrophy - late infantile ... stiffness
  • Fara-Chlupackova syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Feigenbaum-Bergeron-Richardson syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Fetal brain disruption sequence ... increased muscle tone
  • Fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Finger Arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, joint stiffness
  • Finger osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness
  • Fitzsimmons-McLachlan-Gilbert syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Flynn-Aird syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Forearm injury ... Decreased mobility
  • Forearm muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Forestier's disease ... stiffness
  • Frontometaphyseal dysplasia ... reduced joint mobility
  • Frozen Shoulder ... shoulder immobility, shoulder stiffness, limited shoulder mobility
  • Fryns-Aftimos syndrome ... limited knee extension
  • Fungal meningitis ... stiff neck

    G

  • Gangliosidosis generalized GM1, type 1 ... stiff joints
  • Gaucher disease - perinatal lethal form ... increased muscle tone, arthrogryposis
  • GEMSS syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Gluteal muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • GM1 gangliosidosis ... stiff joints
  • Grand mal seizures ... stiff muscles, muscle stiffness
  • Granulomatous amebic encephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Groin muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... stiff neck

    H

  • Hand conditions ... Decreased mobility
  • Hand fracture ... Decreased mobility
  • Hand injury ... Decreased mobility
  • Hand muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Hashimoto's Thyroiditis ... physical slowness, muscle stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Head injury ... Neck stiffness
  • Hemophilic arthropathy ... difficulty moving joints
  • Hemophilus influenzae B ... stiff neck
  • Hereditary spastic paralysis, infantile onset ascending ... arm stiffness by age of 8
  • Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia ... progressive leg spasticity (stiffness), muscle stiffness
  • Herrmann Opitz arthrogryposis syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • HHV-6 encephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Hip Arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, joint stiffness
  • Hip cancer ... difficulty moving spine
  • Hip conditions ... Decreased mobility
  • Hip Flexor strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Hip injury ... Decreased mobility
  • Hip muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Hip osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness
  • Hip Replacement ... Decreased mobility
  • Hip sprain ... hip stiffness
  • HIV-1, CRF01_AE ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF02_AG ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF04_ cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF05_ D/F ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF06_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF07_BC ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF08_BC ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF11_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF12_BF ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF13_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF14_BG ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF15_01B ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF16_ A2D ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF17_BF ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF18_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF19_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF20_BG ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF21_A2D ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF22_01A1 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF23_BG ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF24_BG ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF25_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF26_AU ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF27_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF28_BF ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF29_BF ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF30_0206 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF31_BC ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF32_06A1 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF33_01B ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF34_01B ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF35_AD ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF36_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF37_cpx ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF38_BF ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF39_BF ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF40_BF ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF41_CD ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF42_BF ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1, CRF43_02G ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1A ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1A1 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1A2 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1A3 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1B ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1C ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1D ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1E ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1F ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1F1 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1F2 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1G ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1H ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1J ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1K ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1M ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1N ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-1O ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-2 ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-2A ... stiff muscles
  • HIV-2B ... stiff muscles
  • Howard-Young syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Hunter-Carpenter-Macdonald syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Huntington's Disease ... neck muscle rigidity
  • Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Hyperadrenalism ... increased muscle bulk
  • Hyperandrogenism ... increased muscle bulk
  • Hyperekplexia and epilepsy ... muscle stiffness
  • Hyperexplexia ... stiff muscles
  • Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis ... muscle stiffness
  • Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... muscle stiffness
  • Hypophosphatemic rickets ... back stiffness, hip stiffness, shoulder stiffness
  • Hypothyroidism ... sluggishness

    I

  • Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification, childhood onset ... increased muscle tone
  • Idiopathic Parkinson's disease ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Intervertebral disc disease ... stiff back
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages ... stiff neck
  • Isaacs syndrome ... increased muscle tone

    J

  • Jacobs syndrome ... joint stiffness
  • Jaffe-Lichtenstein-Sutro syndrome ... stiff joint
  • Japanese encephalitis ... neck stiffness
  • Jequier-Kozlowski-skeletal dysplasia ... restricted joint mobility
  • Johnston Aarons Schelley syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Joint injury - elbow ... difficulty moving elbow
  • Joint injury - shoulder ... difficulty moving shoulder
  • Jorgenson-Lenz syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... joint stiffness
  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... knee stiffness, joint stiffness, stiff neck
  • Juvenile Scleroderma ... joint stiffness

    K

  • Kashin-Bek disease ... stiffness
  • Kleeblattschaedel syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Knee arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, joint stiffness
  • Knee conditions ... Decreased mobility
  • Knee injury ... Decreased mobility
  • Knee osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness
  • Knee sprain ... knee stiffness
  • Knee tendinitis ... difficulty bending knee, difficulty extending knee, difficulty lifting leg
  • Kniest dysplasia ... limited joint mobility, joint stiffness
  • Koussef nichols syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Kousseff-Nichols syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Krabbe disease, atypical, due to saposin A deficiency ... increased muscle tone
  • Krause-Kivlin syndrome ... decreased range of elbow motion

    L

  • Laplane-Fontaine-Lagardere syndrome ... stiff hips
  • Leg conditions ... Decreased mobility
  • Leg injury ... Decreased mobility
  • Leg muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... hip stiffness
  • Leukodystrophy ... Neck stiffness
  • Lhermitte-Cornil-Quesnel syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Lindsay-Burn syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Lissencephaly type III - metacarpal bone dysplasia ... arthrogryposis
  • Listeriosis ... stiff neck
  • Lower back muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Lower back sprain ... lower back stiffness
  • Lumbar malsegmentation - short stature ... restricted joint mobility
  • Lyme disease ... stiff neck
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... stiff neck
  • Lymphomatous thyroiditis ... muscle stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis ... stiff neck

    M

  • Macleod-Fraser syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Major depressive disorder related fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Mandibuloacral dysplasia ... stiff joints
  • Mandibuloacral dysplasia with type A lipodystrophy ... stiff joints
  • Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia ... increased muscle tone
  • Matsoukas syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Melioidosis ... stiff neck
  • Meningitis ... stiff muscles, pain on moving neck, inability to straighten knees, Neck stiffness, stiff neck
  • Meningococcal A ... Stiff neck
  • Meningococcal B ... Stiff neck
  • Meningococcal C ... Stiff neck
  • Meningococcal disease ... pain on moving neck, Neck stiffness, stiff neck, stiff neck
  • Meningococcal infection ... stiff neck
  • Meniscus injury ... knee locking, knee clicking
  • Mental mixed retardation - deafness - clubbed digits ... restricted joint mobility
  • Mental mixed retardation deafnes clubbed digits ... restricted joint mobility
  • Mental retardation - arachnodactyly - hypotonia - telangiectasia ... reduced joint mobility
  • Mental retardation - short stature - deafness - genital ... restricted joint mobility
  • Mental retardation - short stature - heart and skeletal anomalies ... reduced joint mobility
  • Mental retardation, Buenos Aires type ... increased muscle tone
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, 16 ... slow movements
  • Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia with cone-shaped epiphyses, normal hair, and normal hands ... limited knee extension
  • Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type ... restricted joint mobility
  • Metatrophic dysplasia ... reduced joint mobility
  • Micrencephaly olivopontocerebellar hypoplasia ... increased muscle tone
  • Mitochondrial Parkinson's disease ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Mucolipidosis III ... stiff joints
  • Mucolipidosis type 3 A ... joint stiffness
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis 1 ... joint stiffness
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis II ... joint stiffness
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- severe form ... joint stiffness
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6 ... joint stiffness
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler syndrome ... joint stiffness
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler/Scheie syndrome ... joint stiffness
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Scheie syndrome ... joint stiffness
  • Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia ... hip stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... limb stiffness
  • Muscle Hypertonia ... increased muscle tone, muscle stiffness
  • Muscle phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency ... muscle stiffness
  • Muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Myhre Syndrome ... decreased joint mobility, joint stiffness
  • Myhre-Ruvalcaba-Graham syndrome ... reduced joint mobility
  • Myokymia ... stiffness
  • Myotonic Dystrophy ... muscle stiffness

    N

  • N syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Naegleria ... stiff neck
  • Nail-Patella Syndrome ... limited joint mobility
  • Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Neck Arthritis ... neck stiffness
  • Negative rheumatoid factor polyarthritis ... morning joint stiffness
  • Nemaline myopathy 6 ... muscle stiffness
  • Neonatal bacterial meningitis ... stiff neck
  • Nerve sheath neoplasm ... leg stiffness
  • Neurosyphilis ... stiff neck
  • Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 ... increased muscle tone
  • Niemann-Pick disease, type C2 ... increased muscle tone
  • Night blindness - skeletal anomalies - unusual facies ... increased muscle tone
  • Nyssen-Van Bogaert syndrome ... stiffness

    O

  • Oculo cerebro acral syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, type Preus ... restricted joint mobility
  • Olecranon bursitis ... elbow stiffness
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... reduced mobility, slowness of movements, stiff muscles, muscle stiffness
  • Omodysplasia type 1 ... limited knee extension
  • Organic acidemia ... stiffness
  • Osteitis ... joint stiffness
  • Osteoarthritis ... slow movement, morning stiffness, joint locking, hip stiffness, knee stiffness, stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip ... hip stiffness
  • Osteochondritis Dissecans ... knee locking
  • Osteochondrodysplatic dwarfism - deafness - retinitis pigmentosa ... restricted joint mobility

    P

  • Paget's disease of bone ... hip arthritis
  • Palindromic rheumatism ... joint stiffness
  • Pallister Killian Mosaic Syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Pallister Mosaic Syndrome Tetrasomy 12p ... stiff joints
  • Paramyotonia congenita ... muscle stiffness
  • Parkinson disease 10 (PARK10) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 11 (PARK11) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 12 (PARK12) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 13 (PARK13) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 2, autosomal recessive juvenile (PARK2) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 3, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK3) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 4, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK4) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 5 (PARK5) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 6, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK6) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 7, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK7) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 8 (PARK8) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease 9 (PARK9) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Parkinson disease, familial, type 1 (PARK1) ... limb stiffness, slowness of movement
  • Pediatric AIDS ... stiff muscles
  • Pelvic dysplasia arthrogryposis of lower limbs ... restricted joint mobility
  • Peptidic growth factors deficiency ... restricted joint mobility
  • Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease ... increased muscle tone, arthrogryposis
  • Pfeiffer-Palm-Teller syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Phenylketonuria ... increased muscle tone
  • Phocomelia - contractures - absent thumb ... restricted joint mobility
  • Phosphoserine aminotransferase deficiency ... increased muscle tone
  • Plica Syndrome ... knee locking, knee clicking
  • Pneumococcal meningitis ... Stiff neck
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration ... muscle stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial ... muscle stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal ... muscle stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Pneumonia, Viral ... muscle stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Podder-Tolmie syndrome ... arthrogryposis
  • Polio ... stiff back, stiff neck
  • Polyarthritis, rheumatic factor-negative ... morning joint stiffness
  • Polychondritis ... joint stiffness
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica ... back stiffness, morning stiffness, hip stiffness, shoulder stiffness, stiff hip, stiffness, muscle stiffness, neck stiffness, stiff neck
  • Positive rheumatoid factor polyarthritis ... morning joint stiffness
  • Postoperative septicaemia ... Neck stiffness
  • Powell-Chandra-Saal syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Primary amebic meningoencephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Primary Fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Primary Lateral Sclerosis ... slow movement, leg stiffness, slowness of movement, stiffness of movement
  • Progeria ... joint stiffness
  • Progeria short stature pigmented nevi ... reduced joint mobility
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... stiffness, slow movements
  • Prostate Cancer ... lower back stiffness, hip stiffness, upper thigh stiffness
  • Proximal myotonic dystrophy ... muscle stiffness
  • Proximal spinal muscular atrophy ... restricted joint mobility
  • Psoriasis ... restricted joint motion
  • Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency ... increased muscle tone

    R

  • Rabies ... Stiff muscles
  • Radio digito - facial dysplasia ... restricted joint mobility
  • Rajab-Spranger syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Ray-Peterson-Scott syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Reactive arthritis ... Decreased range of movement of the joint
  • Recurring meningitis ... Neck stiffness
  • Reiter’s syndrome ... joint stiffness
  • Relapsing Polychondritis ... Decreased mobility, Decreased joint movement
  • Repetitive Motion Disorders ... loss of flexibility
  • Repetitive Strain Injury ... loss of flexibility
  • Retropharyngeal abscess ... stiff neck
  • Rheumatoid arthritis ... joint stiffness after inactivity, morning stiffness, morning joint stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Rheumatoid arthritis related fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis ... muscle stiffness
  • Rhizomelic syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Rib Tumor ... difficulty moving spine
  • Richieri Costa Guion Almeida Cohen syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Riedel syndrome ... muscle stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Rippling muscle disease ... muscle stiffness
  • Rippling muscle disease, 1 ... muscle stiffness
  • Rippling muscle disease, 2 ... muscle stiffness
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... muscle stiffness
  • Rolland-Desbuquois syndrome ... reduced joint mobility

    S

  • Sacroilitis ... stiffness
  • SAPHO syndrome ... stiff back, stiff neck
  • Sarcoidosis ... sluggishness
  • Saul-Wilkes-Stevenson syndrome ... increased muscle tone
  • Say-Barber-Miller syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Schlegelberger-Grote syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Schofer beetz bohl syndrome ... restricted joint mobility
  • Sciatica ... stiff back
  • Scleroderma ... stiff joints, stiffness
  • Scleromyxedema ... reduced joint mobility
  • Secondary Fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Serine deficiency ... increased muscle tone
  • Seronegative spondyloarthropathy ... Morning stiffness
  • Serotonin Syndrome ... stiffness
  • Short stature - prognathism - short femoral necks ... restricted joint mobility
  • Shoulder arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, reduced shoulder mobility, joint stiffness
  • Shoulder conditions ... Decreased shoulder mobility, Decreased use of shoulder
  • Shoulder dislocation ... difficulty moving shoulder
  • Shoulder injury ... Decreased shoulder mobility, Decreased use of shoulder
  • Shoulder muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Shoulder Osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness
  • Shoulder sprain ... shoulder stiffness
  • Shy-Drager Syndrome ... slow movement, stiff muscles
  • Silverman-Handmaker syndrome ... reduced joint mobility
  • Simian B virus infection ... stiff neck
  • Skeletal dysplasia - mental retardation ... limited knee extension, arthrogryposis
  • SLE related fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Sleep disturbance related fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Slipped epiphysis ... hip stiffness
  • Spastic disorders ... muscle stiffness
  • Spastic paraplegia - neuropathy - poikiloderma ... increased muscle tone
  • Spasticity - multiple exostoses ... increased muscle tone
  • SPG ... increased muscle tone
  • Spherophakia brachymorphia syndrome ... stiff joints
  • Spinal Arthritis ... joint clicking, back stiffness, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, neck stiffness, joint stiffness
  • Spinal conditions ... Decreased mobility
  • Spinal Cord Disorders ... Decreased mobility
  • Spinal fracture ... Decreased mobility
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... arthrogryposis
  • Spine osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness
  • Spira syndrome ... stiffness
  • Spondylarthropathy ... morning stiffness
  • Spondylitis ... Decreased mobility
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda progressive arthropathy ... morning stiffness, stiff joints
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, autosomal dominant ... stiff back
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenita ... morning stiffness
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, Kozlowski type ... limited joint mobility
  • Spondylosis ... stiff lumbar region, stiff neck
  • Sports Injuries ... Decreased mobility
  • Sprain ... reduced joint mobility, joint immobility
  • Spranger-Schinzel-Myers syndrome ... arthrogryposis
  • Startle epilepsy ... muscle stiffness
  • Stiff skin syndrome ... limited joint mobility
  • Stiff-Person Syndrome ... stiff-legged gait, stiffness
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset ... joint stiffness
  • Subacromial bursitis ... shoulder stiffness
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... stiff neck
  • Sydenham chorea ... shoulder spasms
  • Synovial osteochondromatosis ... limited joint mobility, joint locking
  • Syphilis ... stiff neck
  • Syphilitic aseptic meningitis ... Stiff neck
  • Syringomyelia ... back stiffness, leg stiffness, shoulder stiffness, arm stiffness, stiffness
  • Syringomyelia, cervical lesion ... stiff neck

    T

  • Temporal arteritis ... stiffness
  • Temporo-mandibular ankylosis ... stiffness
  • Tension myositis related fibromyalgia ... morning stiffness
  • Tetanus ... neck muscle rigidity, stiff neck, stiff neck
  • Thigh conditions ... Decreased leg mobility
  • Thigh injury ... Decreased leg mobility
  • Thigh muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Thyroid disorders ... sluggishness
  • Tick-borne encephalitis ... stiff neck
  • Toe Arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, joint stiffness
  • Toe Osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness
  • Togaviridae disease ... stiff neck
  • Tonic seizure ... muscle stiffness
  • Tonic-Clonic seizure ... muscle stiffness
  • Tricep muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Trisomy 6 mosaicism ... arthrogryposis
  • Trochanteric bursitis ... hip stiffness
  • Tuberculous meningitis ... stiff neck

    U

  • Unusual facies, short stature, enamel hypoplasia, stiff joints and high-pitched voice ... stiff joints, slow movements
  • Upper arm muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Upper back muscle strain ... muscle stiffness
  • Upper motor neuron weakness ... increased muscle tone
  • Urban rogers meyer syndrome ... increased muscle tone

    V

  • Vacinko syndrome ... immobility
  • Viral meningitis ... pain on moving neck, Neck stiffness, stiff neck

    W

  • Waterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome ... stiff neck
  • Weaver Syndrome ... limited knee extension
  • West nile encephalitis ... Stiff neck
  • West Nile fever ... Stiff neck
  • Western equine encephalitis ... Stiff neck
  • Western/Eastern/California encephalitis ... Stiff neck
  • Whiplash ... neck stiffness
  • Whiplash Injuries ... neck stiffness
  • Whistling face syndrome, recessive form ... increased muscle tone
  • Wrist Arthritis ... joint clicking, joint locking, difficulty moving joint, joint stiffness
  • Wrist conditions ... Decreased mobility
  • Wrist fracture ... Decreased mobility
  • Wrist injury ... Decreased mobility
  • Wrist osteoarthritis ... joint locking, joint stiffness

    Y

  • Young McKeever Squier syndrome ... increased muscle tone

    Z

  • Zellweger Syndrome ... limited knee extension

    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
  • Arthritis pain ... Immobility

    C

  • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy ... reduced mobility

    D

  • Deficiency-induced osteoporosis ... Immobility
  • Drug-induced osteoporosis ... Immobility

    G

  • Gout ... joint immobility

    I

  • Idiopathic osteoporosis ... immobility

    J

  • Juvenile osteoporosis ... Immobility

    L

  • Localized osteoporosis ... immobility

    N

  • Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy ... 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
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda ... stiff hips

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  • Causes of Stiffness Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Stiffness based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

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    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Stiffness?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Stiffness, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Stiffness:

    Subtypes of Stiffness:

    Stiff neck (67 causes), Stiff back (20 causes), Stiff joints (205 causes), Stiff hip (15 causes), Stiff leg (29 causes), Stiff thigh (1 cause), Stiff knee (21 causes), Stiff shoulder (14 causes), Stiff arm (22 causes), Stiff elbow (9 causes), Slowness of movement (16 causes), Muscle stiffness (144 causes), Stiff muscles (71 causes), Neck stiffness (15 causes), Immobility (1 cause), Decreased mobility (20 causes), Knee locking (4 causes), Arthrogryposis (15 causes), Heberden's nodes, Excessive muscle tone (19 causes)

    Medical Conditions associated with Stiffness:

    Movement symptoms (2468 causes)

    Symptoms related to Stiffness:

    Stiff joints (205 causes), Weak joints, Joint pain (594 causes), Stiff muscles (71 causes), Muscle pain (766 causes), Arthritis (54 causes)

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