"Quadriplegia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Severe or complete loss of motor function in all four limbs which may result from BRAIN DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; or rarely MUSCULAR DISEASES. The locked-in syndrome is characterized by quadriplegia in combination with cranial muscle paralysis. Consciousness is spared and the only retained voluntary motor activity may be limited eye movements. This condition is usually caused by a lesion in the upper BRAIN STEM which injures the descending cortico-spinal and cortico-bulbar tracts.
| Descriptor ID |
D011782
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.622.760 C23.888.592.636.786
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| Concept/Terms |
Quadriplegia- Quadriplegia
- Quadriplegias
- Tetraplegia
- Tetraplegias
Spastic Quadriplegia- Spastic Quadriplegia
- Quadriplegia, Spastic
- Quadriplegias, Spastic
- Spastic Quadriplegias
- Spastic Tetraplegia
- Spastic Tetraplegias
- Tetraplegia, Spastic
- Tetraplegias, Spastic
Flaccid Quadriplegia- Flaccid Quadriplegia
- Flaccid Quadriplegias
- Quadriplegia, Flaccid
- Quadriplegias, Flaccid
- Flaccid Tetraplegia
- Flaccid Tetraplegias
- Tetraplegia, Flaccid
- Tetraplegias, Flaccid
Locked-In Syndrome- Locked-In Syndrome
- Locked In Syndrome
- Locked-In Syndromes
- Syndrome, Locked-In
- Syndromes, Locked-In
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| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quadriplegia" by people in Profiles.
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Conveying tactile object characteristics through customized intracortical microstimulation of the human somatosensory cortex. Nat Commun. 2025 May 01; 16(1):4017.
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A novel robot-assisted method for implanting intracortical sensorimotor devices for brain-computer interface studies: principles, surgical techniques, and challenges. J Neurosurg. 2025 May 01; 142(5):1280-1288.
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Teaching NeuroImage: Subacute Quadriparesis From Intramedullary Spinal Cord Infiltrating Glioma With TERT Promoter Mutation. Neurology. 2023 06 13; 100(24):1164-1165.
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Dysautonomia in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Prevalence, Clinical Spectrum, and Outcomes. Neurocrit Care. 2020 02; 32(1):113-120.
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Posterior Circulation Ischemia or Occlusion in Five Adults With Failing Fontan Circulation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun; 101(6):2315-20.
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Virtual typing by people with tetraplegia using a self-calibrating intracortical brain-computer interface. Sci Transl Med. 2015 Nov 11; 7(313):313ra179.
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Biological and bionic hands: natural neural coding and artificial perception. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015 Sep 19; 370(1677):20140209.
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Assessment of the Tongue-Drive System Using a Computer, a Smartphone, and a Powered-Wheelchair by People With Tetraplegia. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2016 Jan; 24(1):68-78.
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Safety and efficacy of medically performed tongue piercing in people with tetraplegia for use with tongue-operated assistive technology. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2015; 21(1):61-76.
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Neural Point-and-Click Communication by a Person With Incomplete Locked-In Syndrome. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2015 Jun; 29(5):462-71.