Fencer’s Posture, Fencing Posture
Fencer’s Posture, Fencing Posture
Epileptic seizures arising in or involving the supplementary motor area may lead to adversial head and eye deviation, abduction and external rotation of the contralateral arm, flexion at the elbows, and posturing of the legs, with maintained consciousness, a phenomenon christened by Penfield the "fencing posture" because of its resemblance to the engarde position. These may also be known as "salutatory seizures."
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