Decorticate Rigidity Quizlet
How would the client s upper extremity position best be described.
Decorticate rigidity quizlet. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Decorticate rigidity occurs when there are lesions of the cerebral hemispheres.
A client with traumatic brain injury is displaying decorticate rigidity. There is upper extremity flexion arms in fetal position and lower extremity extension. Damage to the brain occurs above the brainstem and cerebellum i e above the tentorium.
Flaccid and flexed with external rotation and abduction. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Describe the posturing associated with decorticate rigidity.
Flaccid and extended with internal rotation and adduction b.