Prognosis of traumatic decerebrated rigidity.
91 cases with traumatic decerebrated rigidity are reported and compared with age of patients, kind of lesion, time of decerebration. The Authors consider the reversibility of some of these comas with decerebrated rigidity and try to establish some immediate criteria for prognosis, and, in the long term, the quality of the functional recovery achieved.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003128:Coma / Q000401:mortality; D003655:Decerebrate State / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009127:Muscle Rigidity / Q000209:etiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors