Life, 2021 Background and Objectives: Spasticity is one of the factors that make it more difficult to control posture in stroke patients. Taping has been used to manage muscle stiffness in various musculoskeletal disorders.
Tae-sung In +3 more
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The Effect of Botulinum Neurotoxin-A (BoNT-A) on Muscle Strength in Adult-Onset Neurological Conditions with Focal Muscle Spasticity: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
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Interaction between muscle tone, short-range stiffness and increased sensory feedback gains explains key kinematic features of the pendulum test in spastic cerebral palsy: A simulation study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The pendulum test is a sensitive clinical assessment of spasticity where the lower leg is dropped from the horizontal position and features of limb motion are recorded. Three key kinematic features are associated with the degree of severity of spasticity
Friedl De Groote +3 more
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Quantitative assessment of spasticity: a narrative review of novel approaches and technologies
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Spasticity is a complex neurological disorder, causing significant physical disabilities and affecting patients' independence and quality of daily lives.
Jian He +9 more
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Pharmacological management of muscle spasticity [PDF]
Journal of the Korean Medical Association, 2022 Background: Muscle spasticity is a neurologic disorder, which is considered one of the positive signs of upper motor neuron diseases. Spasticity is common after brain or spinal cord injury. Since spasticity results in tendon retraction, muscle weakness, pain, ankylosis, and disability in activities of daily living, treatment is warranted.Current ...
Eun Jae Ko, Dae-Yul Kim
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Thoracic 9 Spinal Transection-Induced Model of Muscle Spasticity in the Rat: A Systematic Electrophysiological and Histopathological Characterization. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The development of spinal hyper-reflexia as part of the spasticity syndrome represents one of the major complications associated with chronic spinal traumatic injury (SCI).
Jose A Corleto +10 more
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Quantitative Ultrasound to Assess Skeletal Muscles in Post Stroke Spasticity
Journal of Central Nervous System Disease, 2021 Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) techniques such as pixel intensity, ultrasound strain, and shear wave elastography have made it possible to identify the echogenicity (brightness) and mechanical properties (stiffness) of normal and pathological tissues ...
Anthony Tran, Jing Gao
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Toxins, 2020 Equinovarus/equinus foot is a pattern most commonly treated with botulinum toxin type A in patients with post-stroke spasticity involving the lower limbs; the gastrocnemius is the muscle most frequently injected. Spastic equinovarus/equinus can present a
Alessandro Picelli +5 more
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Toxins, 2021 Equinovarus foot is one of the most commonly spasticity related conditions in stroke survivors, leading to an impaired gait and poor functional performances.
Marco Battaglia +7 more
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Spasticity and muscle contracture following stroke [PDF]
Brain, 1996 It has become increasingly recognized that the major functional deficits following brain damage are largely due to "negative' features such as weakness and loss of dexterity rather than spasticity. A variety of studies suggest that spasticity is a distinct problem and separate from the loss of dexterity, but that it may be implicated in the formation ...
N J, O'Dwyer, L, Ada, P D, Neilson
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