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Involuntary motor phenomena in the locked-in syndrome

✍ Scribed by G. Bauer; F. Gerstenbrand; W. Hengl

Book ID
104717617
Publisher
Springer
Year
1980
Tongue
English
Weight
745 KB
Volume
223
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-5354

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✦ Synopsis

Several involuntary movements were observed in patients who were totally immobile except for vertical gaze due to bilateral pyramidal transverse lesion at the pontine or midbrain level. In those conscious locked-in patients extensor spasms and flexor spasms could be elicited by nonspecific stimulation. Mimic pain reactions, pathological crying, and primordial screaming ("cat crying') were also noted. Other motor patterns were whining, moaning, groaning, sighing, and yawning. The pathophysiological implications of these observations are discussed.

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