Treatments for spasticity and pain in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review [PDF]
Objectives: To identify the drug treatments currently available for the management of spasticity and pain in multiple sclerosis (MS), and to evaluate their clinical and cost-effectiveness.
Beard, S.M., Hunn, A., Wight, J.
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Interventions to Reduce Spasticity and Improve Function in People With Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: Distinctions Revealed by Different Analytical Methods. [PDF]
Background. Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in impaired function, and ankle joint spasticity is a common secondary complication. Different interventions have been trialed with variable results. Objective.
Brown, GL, Duffell, LD, Mirbagheri, MM
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Ankle and Foot Spasticity Patterns in Chronic Stroke Survivors with Abnormal Gait
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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Strategies to augment volitional and reflex function may improve locomotor capacity following incomplete spinal cord injury [PDF]
Many studies highlight the remarkable plasticity demonstrated by spinal circuits following an incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Such plasticity can contribute to improvements in volitional motor recovery, such as walking function, although similar ...
Hornby, T. George +2 more
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Reinforced Feedback in Virtual Environment for Plantar Flexor Poststroke Spasticity Reduction and Gait Function Improvement [PDF]
Background. Ankle spasticity is a frequent phenomenon that limits functionality in poststroke patients. Objectives. Our aim was to determine if there was decreased spasticity in the ankle plantar flex (PF) muscles in the plegic lower extremity (LE) and ...
Agostini, Michela +7 more
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Pre- and Post-alpha Motoneuronal Control of the Soleus H-reflex during Sinusoidal Hip Movements in Human Spinal Cord Injury [PDF]
The aim of this study was to establish the contribution of hip-mediated sensory feedback to spinal interneuronal circuits during dynamic conditions in people with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI).
Chaudhuri, Debjani +3 more
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Increased muscle tone and contracture late after ischemic stroke
Background Systematic studies on increased muscle tone and spasticity late after ischemic stroke, without any selection, are limited. Therefore, we aimed to determine the prevalence of increased muscle tone, classical spasticity and contracture and ...
Carina U. Persson +5 more
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Beneficial effects of childhood selective dorsal rhizotomy in adulthood [PDF]
Background: Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) has been used to treat children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) for over three decades. However, little is known about the outcomes of childhood SDR in adults.
Dobbs, Matthew B +4 more
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Flexor Reflex Decreases during Sympathetic Stimulation in Chronic Human Spinal Cord Injury [PDF]
A better understanding of autonomic influence on motor reflex pathways in spinal cord injury is important to the clinical management of autonomic dysreflexia and spasticity in spinal cord injured patients.
Garrison, Mark Kevin, Schmit, Brian D.
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Background and purpose — Spasticity is often regarded as a major cause of functional limitation in children with cerebral palsy (CP). We analyzed the spasticity development with age in the gastrosoleus muscle in children with CP.
Olof Lindén +3 more
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