Abnormal posturing
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| Decorticate posturing, with elbows, wrists and fingers flexed, and legs extended and rotated inward. |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: Decorticate posturing; decorticate response; decorticate rigidity; flexor posturing; mummy baby; decerebrate posturing; decerebrate response; decerebrate rigidity; extensor posturing
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Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
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Treatment
Medical Therapy | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
Symptoms and signs: nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29, 781) | |
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| Abnormal involuntary movements (see also movement disorders) | Tremor - Spasm - Fasciculation - Athetosis |
| Gait abnormality | Scissor gait - Antalgic gait - Cerebellar ataxia - Festinating gait - Pigeon gait - Propulsive gait - Steppage gait - Stomping gait - Spastic gait - Myopathic gait - Magnetic gait - Trendelenburg gait |
| Lack of coordination | Ataxia (Cerebellar ataxia, Sensory ataxia) - Dysmetria - Dysdiadochokinesia - Hypotonia |
| Other | Tetany - Meningism - Hyperreflexia - Opisthotonus - Abnormal posturing - Hemispatial neglect |
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