[PHYSIO] MUSCLE TONE DISORDERS Flashcards
Causes of hypotonia/flaccidity (6)
Neocerebellar lesion
Chorea
LMNL
Acute UMNL
Area 4 lesion
Increased Ca2+ levels
Decorticate rigidity is caused by lesion in
Upper midbrain
Above superior colliculus
Decerebrate rigidity is caused by lesion in?
lower midbrain (between superior colliculus & inferior colliculus)
Or
Upper pons
Decorticate rigidity severity
Moderate
Decerebrate rigidity severity
Marked‼️
Rubrospinal tract activity in decorticate rigidity
Intact
Rubrospinal tract activity in decerebrate rigidity
Decreased
Vestibulospinal tract activity in decorticate rigidity
Intact
Vestibulospinal tract activity in decerebrate rigidity
Intact
UL in decorticate rigidity
Flexed+adducted
LL+ head&neck in decorticate rigidity
Extended
UL in decerebrate rigidity
Extended
LL+ head&neck in decerebrate rigidity
Extended
Motor neuron activity in decorticate rigidity
Increased gamma motor neuron
Motor neuron activity in decerebrate rigidity
Increased alpha & gamma motor neuron activity