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Diastasis recti, or rectus abdominis diastasis, is an increased gap between the right and left rectus abdominis muscles. [1] The increased distance between the muscles is created by the stretching of the linea alba , a connective collagen sheath created by the aponeurosis insertions of the transverse abdominis , internal oblique , and external ...
McDonough syndrome, also known as Mental retardation, peculiar facies, kyphoscoliosis, diastasis recti, cryptorchidism, and congenital heart defect is a very rare multi-systemic genetic disorder which is characterized by facial dysmorphisms, psychomotor delays, intellectual disabilities, and congenital heart defects.
In pathology, diastasis is the separation of parts of the body that are normally joined, such as the separation of certain abdominal muscles during pregnancy, or of adjacent bones without fracture. [ 1 ]
728.8 Other disorders of muscle, ligament, and fascia. 728.84 Diastasis recti; 728.85 Muscle spasm; 728.86 Necrotizing fasciitis; 728.87 Muscle weakness; 728.88 Rhabdomyolysis; 728.89 Iliotibial band syndrome; 729 Other disorders of soft tissues. 729.0 Rheumatism unspecified and fibrositis; 729.1 Myalgia and myositis, Fibromyositis
An umbilical hernia is a health condition where the abdominal wall behind the navel is damaged. It may cause the navel to bulge outwards—the bulge consisting of abdominal fat from the greater omentum or occasionally parts of the small intestine.
Diastasis may refer to: Diastasis (pathology) is the separation of parts of the body that are normally joined, such as the separation of certain abdominal muscles during pregnancy, or of adjacent bones without fracture; Diastasis (physiology) is the middle stage of diastole during the cycle of a heartbeat
[1] [3] It can also occur in other disorders affecting the anterior horn, such as spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, poliomyelitis and progressive muscular atrophy. [2] [4] A slow onset and a lack of pain or sensorial symptoms are arguments against a lesion of the spinal root or plexus brachialis. [4]
Hypermobility, also known as double-jointedness, describes joints that stretch farther than normal. [2] For example, some hypermobile people can bend their thumbs backwards to their wrists and bend their knee joints backwards, put their leg behind the head or perform other contortionist "tricks".