Waxy flexibility

A flexibilitas cerea ( from Lat flexibilitas " flexibility " and cereus " waxy " ) describes a " waxy " increase muscle tone with passive movement, which is characterized by a low effort passive Beugbarkeit and maintaining the given position. It occurs mainly in certain schizophrenic disorders (eg, catatonic schizophrenia) and is frequently associated with a stupor and catalepsy as well as other disorders of psychomotor.

This symptom but is also found in organic brain diseases or under hypnosis.

• Psycho- pathological symptom