decerebrate posturing


posturing

 [pos´chur-ing] the assumption of abnormal patterns of flexion and extension in a patient with severe brain injury. See also decerebrate rigidity and decorticate rigidity.decerebrate posturing see decerebrate rigidity.

decerebrate posturing

posturing manifested by the obtunded patient extending arms laterally away from the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli, with flexed wrists outward.
See also: coma scale. Synonym(s): extensor response