1. 8 He had a left hemiplegia, and was flaccid at first, although the flaccidity soon started changing to spasticity.

2. 13 The regulation of vascular and trabecular smooth muscle relaxation or contraction in the penis, that is, the physiology of corporal smooth muscle tone, determines penile erection or flaccidity.

3. Cadaveric spasm is a condition wherein stiffening occurs in certain groups of muscles, which were already in a state of contraction at the time of death.; It is a rare form of virtually instantaneous rigor that develops at the time of death with no prior phase of primary flaccidity.