Methods of muscle spasticity assessment in children with cerebral palsy: a scoping review [PDF]
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchBackground Evaluating muscle spasticity in children with cerebral palsy (CP) is essential for determining the most effective treatment strategies. This scoping review assesses the current methods used to evaluate muscle spasticity, highlighting both ...
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Effects of Additional Radial Shock Wave Therapy on Spasticity of Upper Extremity Muscle
Surabaya Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Journal, 2023 Background: Spasticity is one of the most common problems and greatly interferes with the functional capacity of chronic stroke patients. The most commonly used treatments are infrared therapy and stretching exercises, but they have not reduced ...
Go Linda Sugiarto, Tanti Ajoe Kesoema
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the management of calf muscle spasticity in cerebral palsy: A pilot study [PDF]
IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2021 This study sets out to evaluate the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in the management of calf muscle spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. The study follows a one group pre-test–post-test design involving fifteen
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Muscle regeneration in spastic muscles of children with cerebral palsy [PDF]
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2021 This commentary is on the original article by Robinson et al. on pages 1213–1220 of this issue.
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Assessing muscle architecture with ultrasound: implications for spasticity
European Journal of Translational MyologyBotulinum Neurotoxin Type A (BoNT-A) injections using Ultrasound (US) guidance have led to research evaluating changes in muscle architecture. Controversy remains as to what constitutes increased Echo-Intensity (EI) in spastic muscles and whether this ...
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A Regression-Based Framework for Quantitative Assessment of Muscle Spasticity Using Combined EMG and Inertial Data From Wearable Sensors [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 There have always been practical demands for objective and accurate assessment of muscle spasticity beyond its clinical routine. A novel regression-based framework for quantitative assessment of muscle spasticity is proposed in this paper using wearable ...
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Can Incobotulinumtoxin-A Treatment Improve Quality of Life Better Than Conventional Therapy in Spastic Muscle Post-Stroke Patients? Results from a Pilot Study from a Single Center [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2021 Post-stroke spasticity frequently occurs in patients with stroke, and there is a need for more quality-of-life assessments for different therapies. We evaluated for the first time in Romania the quality of life among patients with post-stroke spasticity,
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Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2020 Kening Ma,1 Dan Zhu,2 Chunguo Zhang,1 Lijie Lv3 1Department of Pain Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurologic Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University ...
Ma K, Zhu D, Zhang C, Lv L
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Safety of OnabotulinumtoxinA with Concomitant Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Muscle Spasticity: A Retrospective Pooled Analysis of Randomized Double-Blind Studies. [PDF]
CNS Drugs, 2020 Dimitrova R +5 more
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Effect of Botulinum Toxin Injection in Hip Adductor Muscles on Gross Motor Function in Low-Functioning Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. [PDF]
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