What is cohen syndrome? Cohen syndrome is an hereditary syndrome that affects many parts of the body and is characterized by developmental delay, mental disability, microcephaly, hypotonia. Cohen syndrome is also called as Pepper syndrome or Cerenkov syndrome or Prominent incisors-obesity-hypotonic syndrome or Norio syndrome. Other features common in this condition include worsening myopia, breakdown…
What is a Kyphosis? What is a dowager’s hump? In older: In infant: In Teen: Anatomy of the spine: The spine is made up of three segments(curve) The smaller segments: Causes of Kyphosis: What are the types of Kyphosis? What is postural kyphosis? What is Scheuermann’s kyphosis? What is congenital kyphosis? Causes of congenital Kyphosis:…
Abnormal posturing is an involuntary muscle contraction which leads abnormal types of Body position mainly flexion and extension position mostly associated with severe brain and spinal cord related conditions. In this condition one group of muscles tone increased while opposite group muscles loose their tone. This posturing may also seen without a stimulus. Abnormal posturing…
Decerebrate rigidity is a type of abnormal posture in which Body is in extendser rigid body position – the arms and legs are in extended rigid straight out, the toes being pointed downward, and the head and neck being arched backward. The muscles are in rigid that body is in extended. This type of abnormal…
Decerebrate posture vs Decorticate posture is a mostly an abnormal posture in which Body a typical rigid state mostly related severe damage to Brain related condition symptoms and treatment are vary depends upon cause, symptoms and Diagnosis of the condition. There may be Decorticate posture in one side of the Body and the decerebrate posture…
What is Decorticate posture? Decorticate posture is an abnormal posture in which a patient’s Body is in rigid-stiff with both arms flexed over the chest, while fingers clenched , wrist flexed, and both legs are in extended full-straight. The arms are bent in toward the body and the wrists and fingers are bent and held…
What is Opisthotonos? Opisthotonos is the term that used for an abnormal posture that can be seen when the muscles in your neck, back, and legs are become in severe spasm / spastic and contract. These severe form of contractions cause your body to bend backward into a rigid arch, with your head pointing toward…
Decerebrate posture is caused by damage to the cerebral cortex but the clinical manifestations depend on the site of the lesion. Causes of decerebrate postures include seizures, tumors, vascular lesions, and trauma. Spontaneous nystagmus or eye deviation is also seen in decerebrate postures. This type of posturing usually indicates that there has been severe damage…
Physiotherapy is the treatment of disease and injury involving the muscular and skeletal systems. It is often used to reduce pain and increase mobility in patients with scoliosis. Physiotherapy exercises can be used both to strengthen the muscles that support the spine and to improve the posture and movement of the spine itself. They can…
