Decorticate rigidity
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Decorticate rigidity arises in the case of an extensive bilateral lesion above the mesencephalon, i.e. in the case of a lesion of the hemispheres or diencephalon.
The upper limbs are "flexed" at the elbows and wrists are insupination. The lower limbs are extended.[1]
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- AMBLER, Zdeněk. Základy neurologie. 6. edition. Praha : Galén, 2006. ISBN 80-7262-433-4.
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- AMBLER, Zdeněk. Základy neurologie. 6. edition. Praha : Galén, 2006. ISBN 80-7262-433-4.
- ↑ AMBLER, Zdeněk. Základy neurologie. 6. edition. Praha : Galén, 2006. ISBN 80-7262-433-4.
