- Decorticate Posturing: What It Is, Causes, Treatment
Decorticate posturing is a reflex pose that’s a symptom of damage to or disruptions in brain activity It causes your legs to become rigid and straight, while your arms flex upward and hold tensely to your chest
- Abnormal posturing - Wikipedia
Decorticate posturing indicates that there may be damage to areas including the cerebral hemispheres, the internal capsule, and the thalamus [7] It may also indicate damage to the midbrain
- Decerebrate and Decorticate Posturing - StatPearls - NCBI . . .
Decorticate posturing is described as abnormal flexion of the arms with the extension of the legs Specifically, it involves slow flexion of the elbow, wrist, and fingers with adduction and internal rotation at the shoulder
- Decorticate Posturing: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment - WebMD
Decorticate posturing is a specific body position that signals brain damage Someone with decorticate posturing can’t control it Decorticate posturing needs immediate medical attention
- Decorticate posture: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Decorticate posture is an abnormal posturing in which a person is stiff with bent arms, clenched fists, and legs held out straight The arms are bent in toward the body and the wrists and fingers are bent and held on the chest
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