KROK 1 2009 – Question 13 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
After a hypertonic crisis a patient presents with lacking spontaneous movements in his right arm and leg, muscle tone of these extremities is increased. What type of motor dysfunction has developed in this case?
- A. Central paralysis
- B. Peripheral paralysis
- C. Central paresis
- D. Reflectory paresis
- E. Peripheral paresis
Hint
Ask what the raised muscle tone says about which level of the motor pathway is damaged, and whether voluntary movement is merely weak or absent altogether.
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