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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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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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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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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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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Patients with hemi-spatial neglect are more prone to limb spasticity, but this does not prolong their hospital stay. [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: To determine whether stroke patients who suffer from hemi-spatial neglect tend to stay in hospital longer because they are prone to limb spasticity. Design: Retrospective analysis of in-patient medical notes.
Camp, Sarah-Jayne +7 more
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Ankle and Foot Spasticity Patterns in Chronic Stroke Survivors with Abnormal Gait
Toxins, 2020 Chronic stroke survivors with spastic hemiplegia have various clinical presentations of ankle and foot muscle spasticity patterns. They are mechanical consequences of interactions between spasticity and weakness of surrounding muscles during walking ...
Sheng Li
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Does acute passive stretching increase muscle length in children with cerebral palsy? [PDF]
, 2013 This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright @ The Authors. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use ...
Theis, Nicola +12 more
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