Paraplegia

Japanese: paraplegia
Paraplegia

…Polio (infantile paralysis) affecting the anterior horn of the spinal cord also generally results in monoplegia, with severe motor paralysis and muscular atrophy in the muscles of the affected area of ​​the spinal cord. Paraplegia is bilateral motor paralysis of the lower body, and is often caused by damage to the spinal cord, especially the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord, but can also be caused by lesions in the muscles of the lower limbs, peripheral nerves, nerve roots, or the brain. Paraplegia due to spinal cord injury can be caused by trauma, spinal cord softening, tumors, destruction of the vertebrae, herniated discs, etc., and is initially flaccid when it develops suddenly, but gradually takes the form of spastic paraplegia. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "paraplegia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…脊髄前角を侵すポリオ(小児麻痺)も原則としては単麻痺を生ずることが多く,侵された脊髄部分に対応する領域の筋肉に強い運動麻痺と筋萎縮がみられるようになる。 対麻痺paraplegiaは,下半身の両側性の運動麻痺であり,脊髄,とくに胸髄・腰髄の損傷によるものが多いが,下肢の筋肉,末梢神経,神経根,または脳の病変によっても生ずることがある。脊髄損傷による対麻痺は,外傷や,脊髄軟化,腫瘍,脊椎骨の破壊,椎間板ヘルニアなどによって生じ,急激に発症した場合には当初弛緩性であるが,しだいに痙性対麻痺の形をとるようになる。…

※「paraplegia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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