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Separation of parts of the body that are normally joined

In pathology, diastasis is the separation of parts of the body that are normally joined, such as the separation of certain abdominal muscles during pregnancy, or of adjacent bones without fracture.

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Pekka J. Saukko; Bernard Knight (January 2004). Knight's Forensic Pathology. CRC Press. pp. 188–. ISBN 978-0-340-76044-4. Retrieved 2013-08-06.

v t e Symptoms and conditions relating to muscle
Pain	Myalgia Fibromyalgia Acute Delayed onset
Inflammation	Myositis Pyomyositis Myoedema (Hypothyroid myopathy)
Destruction	Muscle weakness Rhabdomyolysis Muscle atrophy/Amyotrophy
Low ATP reservoir	Muscle fatigue Exercise intolerance Myogenic hyperuricemia Dynamic symptoms (exercise-induced) Inappropriate rapid heart rate response to exercise (tachycardia) Exaggerated cardiorespiratory response to exercise (tachycardia with tachypnea and/or hyperpnea (exercise hyperventilation)) Hitting the wall Second wind (Metabolic myopathies Diabetes Hypothyroid myopathy Hyperthyroid myopathy Hypoparathyroidism Hypokalemia Hypoxic muscle Pseudohypoxia Intermittent claudication Scurvy Fasting / Starvation Alcoholism)
Abnormal movement	Muscle cramp Myokymia Muscle spasm Fasciculations Muscle contracture Fibrosis Adhesion Myotonia Muscle channelopathies Pseudo-myotonia (Brody myopathy) Spasticity Rippling muscle disease Periodic paralysis Hypotonia / Hypertonia
Other	Myositis ossificans Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Compartment syndrome Anterior Diastasis of muscle Diastasis recti Pseudoathletic appearance (Muscle hyperplasia / Muscle hypertrophy / Pseudohypertrophy)

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