Defense musculaire
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When the peritoneum is irritated or some inflammatory processes of the abdominal organs are irritated, reflex abdominal muscles contract. This manifests itself in a plank-hard, motionless abdomen.
Unlike guarding, the patient is not able to consciously relax the muscles.
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- CHROBÁK, Ladislav, et al. Propaedeutics of internal medicine. 2nd edition. Grada, 2003. ISBN 80-247-0609-1.
