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    This document discusses three classes of rigidity seen in infants with brain injuries: decorticate rigidity where the upper body is flexed and lower extended, decerebrate rigidity where both upper and lower body are extended, and opisthotonus where the body arches severely backwards in a rigid position resembling rabbies. It also mentions opisthotonic posturing can occur in children with cerebral palsy.

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    This document discusses three classes of rigidity seen in infants with brain injuries: decorticate rigidity where the upper body is flexed and lower extended, decerebrate rigidity where both upper and lower body are extended, and opisthotonus where the body arches severely backwards in a rigid position resembling rabbies. It also mentions opisthotonic posturing can occur in children with cerebral palsy.

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    This document discusses three classes of rigidity seen in infants with brain injuries: decorticate rigidity where the upper body is flexed and lower extended, decerebrate rigidity where both upper and lower body are extended, and opisthotonus where the body arches severely backwards in a rigid position resembling rabbies. It also mentions opisthotonic posturing can occur in children with cerebral palsy.

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    (PAG BABY)

    BODY DIAGRAM TAWAG DITO ^


    3 class of rigidity

    Decorticate – more significant flexor response; upper is flexed, lower is extended

    Decerebrate – both upper and lower is extended

    Opisthotonus – rabbies

    opisthotonic posturing – for kids with spacficity esp. with cerebral palsy

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