Decorticate posture

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Decorticate posture involves pathological movements with abnormal flexion in the upper extremity and extension in the lower extremity[^1].

Clinical Presentation

In the upper extremity, there is slow flexion of the arm, wrist, and fingers with adduction. In the lower extremity, there is extension, internal rotation, and plantarflexion[^1].

Etiology

Decorticate posture is attributed to disinhibition due to the absence of corticospinal tracts above the mesencephalon[^1].