title: [Lesions of the cervical region of the spinal cord in so-called infantile cerebral palsy].
abstract: A EMG study of the brachial muscles in 41 children with spastic paralyses of the lower extremities, weakness of the hands concomitant with a mild hypotrophy of the muscles, disturbed functions of the III, VII and vestibular nerves and satisfactory mental development revealed the following: there were signs of motoneuron excitation in the cervical part of the spinal cord (motor units at rest in a maximum muscle contraction and in an elaboration of tenden reflexes), their destruction (a decreased amplitude of potentials of volitional contraction in combination with muscle hypotrophy) and a desinhibition of spinal mechanisms. Causes of such damage may be intrauterine pathology, perinatal hypoxia, delivery complicated by an incorrect position of the foetus and a mechanical trauma in an incomplete ossification of the spine, in premature infants.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: O porazhenii sheĭnogo otdela spinnogo mozga pri tak nazyvaemom detskom tserebral'nom paraliche