Quadriceps Setting. This exercise helps to strengthen the quadriceps muscle (the big muscle on the front of the thigh), an important stabilizer of the knee. click to enlarge. Lie on your back with the leg you want to exercise straight. Place a small rolled towel underneath the knee.
Hallucinogens can cause an excited catatonic state, including 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) and phencyclidine (angel dust). Carbon monoxide poisoning can cause catatonia due to damage to the basal ganglia.
Knowledge center. Catatonic schizophrenia is a type (or subtype) of schizophrenia that includes extremes of behavior. At one end of the extreme the patient cannot speak, move or respond-there is a dramatic reduction in activity where virtually all movement stops, as in a catatonic stupor.obody is sure what the causes of catatonic schizophrenia and all other schizophrenia sub-types are. Research indicates that most forms of schizophrenia are caused by brain dysfunction; we just don't know why that brain dysfunction occurs.