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.