Background: Spinal vascular malformations (SVM) are a complex entity and rarely noted in children. They commonly seen the elderly with predilection for thoraco-lumbar region. The incidence varies from 3-11% across all age groups. presenting features initial stages paraplegia, abnormal gait, paraesthesia, radicular pain diffuse sensory symptoms. If not detected early they can lead to further spi...

S is a common symptom seen in many neurological conditions (stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and other central nervous system lesions). It has been defined as a motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in the tonic stretch reflexes (muscle tone) with exaggerated tendon jerks.1 This definition has greatly influenced the evaluation and tr...

Objective—To investigate whether the stiV limb syndrome may be separated from the stiV man syndrome and progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity on simple clinical grounds, and whether such a distinction has implications for aetiology, treatment, and prognosis. Methods— Twenty three patients referred over a 10 year period with rigidity and spasms in association with continuous motor unit act...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the stiff limb syndrome may be separated from the stiff man syndrome and progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity on simple clinical grounds, and whether such a distinction has implications for aetiology, treatment, and prognosis. METHODS Twenty three patients referred over a 10 year period with rigidity and spasms in association with continuous motor unit ...

OBJECTIVE Exercise induced hypotension is a specific but insensitive indicator of severe coronary artery disease. Skin blood flow is subject to control by baroreceptor mediated reflexes as well as thermoregulatory reflexes. Monitoring skin temperature or the skin to central temperature gradient may be a more sensitive indicator of impaired cardiac output response to exercise than hypotension. ...

Abnormal findings on neurological examination were evaluated in 165 patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease who attended a memory disorders clinic. Severity of dementia was measured by the Blessed Dementia Scale, and associations of abnormalities with dementia severity were evaluated using logistic regression. Presence of aphasia, apraxia, and primitive reflexes on neurologica...