Hyperrelexic, overactive or spastic bladder or bowels occur with spinal cord injury at or above T12. The primary characteristic of this type of injury is increased organ spasms. The UMN bladder may ...

Motor neurone disease (MND ... ALS affects both the upper motor neurones that travel from the brain to the spinal cord and the lower motor neurones, which branch out to the various muscle groups ...

Patients do not typically transition to an upper motor neuron bladder or bowels Bladder and bowel anal-rectal sphincter remains flaccid, becomes highly complaint and is characterized by underactivity ...

Motor neurone disease is a group of diseases that ... known as the "spastic paraplegias", where the malfunction is in the upper part of the spinal cord. Dr Emma Baple, also from the University ...

indicates that a substantial proportion of PMA patients develop upper motor neuron signs indicative of an ALS diagnosis. The findings suggest that PMA should be considered as part of the ALS ...