Spastic paralysis

external

• Synonyms

  • Spastic paraparesis
  • Pyramidal weakness
  • Corticospinal weakness

• Causes

  • Upper motor neurone lesion

• Effects

  • Muscle weakness
  • Hyperreflexia
  • Clasp knife rigidity
  • Increased muscle tone
  • Myoclonus
  • Babinski sign positive
  • Hoffman reflex
  • Wartenberg sign
  • Mayer sign
  • Rossolimo sign
  • Gordon reflex positive
  • Oppenheim sign
  • Bing reflex
  • Schaefer reflex
  • Chaddock reflex
  • Gonda reflex
  • Ankle clonus

• Parents

  • Paresis

• Children

  • Cerebral palsy