Hypotonia is a condition where the muscles lose structure and tone. Healthy muscles are never completely relaxed and are always tense to a certain degree. This is referred to as muscle tone. When ...

Hypotonia literally means loss of muscle tone. The condition was first described in 1956 among infants who were termed “floppy infants”. In healthy muscles some amount of stiffness or tension is ...

Güler Kanra, MD; Mualla Cetin, MD; Sule Unal, MD; Goknur Haliloglu, MD; Tulay Akça, MD; Nejat Akalan, MD; Ates Kara, MD A 1-year-old boy presented with weight loss ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Babies born to mothers with type 1 diabetes may have alarming rates of hypotonia (low muscle tone) and congenital malformations, including various types of neural tube defects, a new ...