Point 5


Intro

Pathway

Deficits

Summary

Caveat

Problems


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Anatomy

 

 

Now, for an interesting caveat. Immediately following a lesion of the LCST, SPINAL SHOCK occurs. During spinal shock there is atonia and flaccidity below the level of the lesion. This state lasts for varying periods of time, after which it is replaced by the classic clinical signs of UMN disease, weakness and spasticity.