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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Upper motor neuron impairment
Spasticity
Spasticity is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance in muscle tone involving hypertonia, which is also referred to as an unusual "tightness" of muscles. Clinically spasticity is defined as velocity dependent resistance to stretch, where a lack of inhibition from the CNS results in excessive contraction of the muscles, ultimately leading to hyperflexia. It mostly occurs in disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) impacting the upper motor neuron in the form of a lesion, such as spastic diplegia, but it can also present in various types of multiple sclerosis, which are autoimmune conditions...
Upper motor neuron impairment - List of case studies
- List of Symptoms
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to taste and swallow Difficulty to use the left upper extremity Difficulty using left arm and hand Difficulty walking ... in space Disorientation in time Distal motor clumsiness Distal paresthesias (lower limbs) Distortion of ...
- 1st and 2nd Motor Neuron Disease of ALS-type
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34-old-male had suffered for 8 months from motor function deterioration in the limbs, tongue and palate. He was diagnosed with 1st and 2nd Motor Neuron Disease of the ALS-type. He also underwent accidental fall and traumatic ... Recurrent fasciculations and motor deficit of upper and lower limbs for 8 months ...
- Spinal column pathology
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of therapy, the fact that there are already signs of upper motor neuron impairment makes surgery to be the preferable treatment. ...