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What (who) is Decorticate - definition

STRANGE POSTURE FROM BRAIN INJURY
Decorticate response; Decerebrate response; Decerebrate posturing; Flexor posturing; Decerebrate posture; Decorticate posture; Extensor posturing; Flexor posture; Extensor posture; Decerebrate rigidity; Decorticate rigidity; Decorticate posturing; Abnormal posture; Decorticate; Hemiparetic; Excorticate
  • Decerebrate rigidity or abnormal extensor posturing.

Decorticate         
·vt To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to Husk; to Peel; to Hull.
decorticate         
[di:'k?:t?ke?t]
¦ verb
1. [often as adjective decorticated] technical remove the bark, rind, or husk from.
2. remove the cortex from (an organ).
Derivatives
decortication noun
Origin
C17: from L. decorticat-, decorticare 'to strip of bark'.
Abnormal posturing         
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.

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Abnormal posturing

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 with the Glasgow Coma Scale (for adults) and the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (for infants).

The presence of abnormal posturing indicates a severe medical emergency requiring immediate medical attention. Decerebrate and decorticate posturing are strongly associated with poor outcome in a variety of conditions. For example, near-drowning patients that display decerebrate or decorticate posturing have worse outcomes than those that do not. Changes in the condition of the patient may cause alternation between different types of posturing.