Decorticate posturing — a sign of severe damage to the brain — is a specific type of involuntary abnormal posturing of a person. Decorticate posture is stiff with legs held out straight, fists ...

Reversible decerebrate and decorticate postures ordinarily indicate advanced and irreversible disease of the brain, but in three patients these postures were a presenting feature of hepatic coma, and ...

Abnormal posturing refers to rigid body movements and chronic abnormal positions of the body. This symptom isn’t the same thing as showing poor posture or slumping over. When a muscle contracts, the ...

Although widely used to detect elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) in primary brain injury, noninvasive tests are not accurate and relying on them may mean many patients with this life-threatening ...

Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a medical term that refers to growing pressure inside a person’s skull. This pressure can affect the brain if doctors do not treat it. A sudden increase in the ...

John P. Conomy, M.D., and Michael Swash, M.B., B.S. Reversible decerebrate and decorticate postures ordinarily indicate advanced and irreversible disease of the brain, but in three patients these ...