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Neurologic Rehabilitation: Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity in Physical Therapy Practice Motor Neuron Disease and Neuropathies
Neurologic Rehabilitation: Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity in Physical Therapy Practice Motor Neuron Disease and Neuropathies
Disease and Neuropathies
Deborah S. Nichols-Larsen, Deborah A. Kegelmeyer, John A. Buford, Anne D. Kloos, Jill C. Heathcock, D. Michele Basso+
TABLE 15-3
Motor Neuron Pathology and Associated Signs and Symptoms in ALS
MOTOR NEURON TYPE AFFECTED NEURONS ASSOCIATED SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Loss of dexterity or the ability to coordinate movements; muscle
Pyramidal Betz motor neurons in the cerebral cortex, corticospinal
Upper motor neurons (UMN) paresis; spasticity; Hoffmann and Babinski reflexes; hyperreflexia;
and corticobulbar tracts
spastic dysarthria
Cranial nerve nuclei: V (trigeminal), VII (facial), IX
Brainstem motor neurons (Bulbar) Difficulty with chewing, Dysphagia; flaccid dysarthria/anarthria
(glossopharyngeal), X (vagus), and XII (hypoglossal)
Muscle paralysis and atrophy; fasciculations; flaccid tone;
Lower motor neurons (LMN) Ventral horn cells in the spinal cord
hyporeflexia; respiratory problems
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