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retropulsion

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retropulsion [ˌrɛtrəʊˈpʌlʃən]
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(Medicine) Med an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease


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5) Progressive flexion forces can cause a large fracture of the anterior portion of the cervical vertebral body with retropulsion of the posterior portion of the vertebral body into the spinal canal leading to the "flexion teardrop injury" (Figure 5).
Dorsal MRI examination revealed pathologic signal changes in the T8 and T9 vertebrae bodies and intervertebral disc with retropulsion.
 
 
 
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