Abnormal posturing
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abnormal-posturing-172-1149500
title:
Abnormal posturing
text:
Abnormal posturing is an involuntary flexion or extension of the arms and legs, indicating severe brain injury. It occurs when one set of muscles becomes incapacitated while the opposing set is not, and an external stimulus such as pain causes the working set of muscles to contract. The posturing may also occur without a stimulus. Since posturing is an important indicator of the amount of damage that has occurred to the brain, it is used by medical professionals to measure the severity of a coma
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encyclopedia
description:
Strange posture from brain injury
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abnormal_posturing
date created:
2005-10-24T02:15:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:48:15Z
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