Which Characteristic Helps The Nurse To Distinguish Involuntary Rigidity?

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Which Characteristic Helps The Nurse To Distinguish Involuntary Rigidity?

1 The muscle area is not painful. 2 The muscle rigidity is bilateral. 3 The muscles constantly feel hard. 4 The muscles relax during exhalation.
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Involuntary rigidity is a protective mechanism accompanying acute inflammation of the peritoneum. The nurse feels constant, boardlike hardness on palpation of the muscles. If the area is not painful, the patient is experiencing voluntary guarding. The muscle area becomes painful when the patient increases intra-abdominal pressure by attempting a sit-up. Involuntary rigidity is usually unilateral, whereas voluntary guarding is bilateral. The muscles tend to relax during exhalation if the patient is experiencing voluntary guarding. The muscles with involuntary rigidity do not relax during exhalation.

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