Signs and Symptoms of CNS Involvement
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| Patterns of Muscular Weakness | -upper motor neuron (spinal cord injury)
-lower motor neuron (peripheral nerves)
-muscle disease (ex: muscular dystrophy)
-neuromuscular junction (myosina gravis)
-functional
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| Upper Motor Neuron lesion | -increased tone
-hyperreflexia (increased reflexes= anything over 2+)
-pyramidal pattern of weakness
-weak ext in the arms
-weak flex in the legs
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| Upper Motor Neuron Lesion Positive Signs (things that appear) | -abnormal postures (synergies aren't abnormal but are different)
-exaggerated proprioceptive reflexes
-abnormal cutaneous reflexes
-Babinski is present (extend & spreading of toes)
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| Upper Motor Neuron Lesion Negative Signs (things that are lost) | -neurogenic shock
-loss of ability to generate forse
-loss of coordination, balance, and manual dexterity
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| Lower Motor Neuron lesion | -wasting away of muscles
-fasiculation (twitchy mm)
-flaccid paralysis (no tone
-decreaased tone (if partial innerv of a muscle is gone)
-absent DTR's (cutaneous reflexes)
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| Examples of LMN lesions | -GBS (ascending polyneuropathy
-polio (attacks ant horn cells randomly)
-bells palsy (LMN of the face)
-carpal tunnel
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