Quadriplegia

Synonyms

Flaccid Quadriplegia

Flaccid Quadriplegias

Flaccid Tetraplegia

Flaccid Tetraplegias

Locked In Syndrome

Locked-In Syndrome

Locked-In Syndromes

Paralysis, Spinal, Quadriplegic

Quadripareses

Quadriparesis

Quadriplegia, Flaccid

Quadriplegia, Spastic

Quadriplegias

Quadriplegias, Flaccid

Quadriplegias, Spastic

Spastic Quadriplegia

Spastic Quadriplegias

Spastic Tetraplegia

Spastic Tetraplegias

Syndrome, Locked-In

Syndromes, Locked-In

Tetraplegia

Tetraplegia, Flaccid

Tetraplegia, Spastic

Tetraplegias

Tetraplegias, Flaccid

Tetraplegias, Spastic

Severe or complete loss of motor function in all four limbs which may result from BRAIN DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; or rarely MUSCULAR DISEASES. The locked-in syndrome is characterized by quadriplegia in combination with cranial muscle paralysis. Consciousness is spared and the only retained voluntary motor activity may be limited eye movements. This condition is usually caused by a lesion in the upper BRAIN STEM which injures the descending cortico-spinal and cortico-bulbar tracts.