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Upper Motor Neuron Disease Flashcards

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Examples of UMN lesions diseases

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  • Cerebral palsy
  • Hydrocephalus
  • ALS (both upper and lower)
  • CVA
  • Birth injuries
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Huntington’s chorea
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • PseudoBulbar palsy
  • Brain tumors
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Upper motor neuron disease is characterized by…

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Lesions found in descending motor tracts within the cerebral motor cortex, internal capsule, brain stem or spinal cord. symptoms include weakness of involved muscles, hypertonicity, hyperreflexia, mild disuse of atrophy, and abnormal reflexes. Damage tracts are in the lateral white column of the spinal cord.

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UMND/LMND

Reflexes

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UMND:
Hyperactive

LMND:
Diminished or absent

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UMND/LMND

Atrophy

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UMND:
Mild from disuse

LMND:
Present

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UMND/LMND

Fasciculation/muscle twitch

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UMND:
Absent

LMND:
Present

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UMND/LMND

Tone

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UMND:
Hypertonic

LMND:
Hypotonic to flaccid

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