scilearner Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 During spinal shock, are all spinal reflexes gone, or only reflexes below the lesion. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahah Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 first line of the Wikipedia article: Spinal shock was first defined by Whytt in 1750 as a loss of sensation accompanied by motor paralysis with initial loss but gradual recovery of reflexes' date=' following a spinal cord injury (SCI) – most often a complete transection. [b']Reflexes in the spinal cord caudal to the SCI are depressed (hyporeflexia) or absent (areflexia), while those rostral to the SCI remain unaffected.[/b] I added the emphasis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scilearner Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 first line of the Wikipedia article: I added the emphasis. Thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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