Quadriplegia--SUMMARY

QUADRIPLEGIA SUMMARY

• Types classified

LMN /UMN type

LMN _Antr horn,roots.periphnves.Nuro muscular jn,muscles

UMN –Spasti quadric- high cervical cord,brainstem,cortical

Proximal muscles/distal muscles

Proximal clinical according  to site of lesions-antr horn cells,roots,pnvesetc

• Onset-Acute onset,sub acute,chronic
• Progression –slowly progressive,muscles,bulbar,distal
• EPISODIC,recurrent,spastic
• Associated features-ocular weakness,ptosis,ophthalmoplegia
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