Get your health question answered instantly from our pool of 18000+ doctors from over 80 specialties
159 Doctors Online

By proceeding, I accept the Terms and Conditions

Dr. Andrew Rynne
MD
Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

HCM Blog Instant Access to Doctors
HCM BlogQuestions Answered
HCM Blog Satisfaction

Could The Lack Of Mobility In Hand Be Due To Upper Or Lower Motor Lesion?

If you are seeing a patient in an acute care unit, and all you knew is that they were unable to move their leftarm, would you know if it is due to an:

Upper Motor Lesion,

Lower motor Lesion,

or do you not have enough information to determine the cause?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
Twitter