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, 2019 This chapter reviews the aetiology, pathophysiology, assessment, and treatment of spasticity in adults and children. We present an overview of the medical management options as well as the multidisciplinary input and rehabilitation required. Surgical interventions are then outlined with more sections on neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and orthopaedic ...
John Goodden +2 more
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Oxcarbazepine and spasticity: further observations
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1988 The previously described anti-spastic effect of oxcarbazepine and 10,11-dihydro-10-hydroxycarbamazepine was found accidentally in 2 patients undergoing a double-blind comparative study lor evaluation of antiepileptic effect.
Paulo Rogério M. Bittencourt
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Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Impaired ability to induce stepping after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) can limit the efficacy of locomotor training, often leaving patients wheelchair‐bound. The cuneiform nucleus (CNF), a key mesencephalic locomotor control center, modulates the activity of spinal locomotor centers via the reticulospinal tract.
Anna‐Sophie Hofer +21 more
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Hereditary spastic paraplegia: Novel insights into the pathogenesis and management
SAGE Open MedicineHereditary spastic paraplegia is a genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder characterised primarily by muscle stiffness in the lower limbs. Neurodegenerative disorders are conditions that result from cellular and metabolic abnormalities, many
Wireko Andrew Awuah +18 more
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Endogenous Repair in Vanishing White Matter
Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Vanishing white matter is a leukodystrophy with remarkable regional variation in disease severity. The cerebral and cerebellar white matter chronically degenerates, while stress‐induced episodes of rapid neurological deterioration coincide with the appearance of acute focal lesions in the deep gray structures and brainstem.
Bonnie C. Plug +7 more
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Implantable Drug Delivery Systems for Skeletal Muscles and Eyes
Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.This review highlights the different types of recent implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) fabricated for a use with skeletal muscles, and with eyes. It presents the developments already made and the current research directions, showing the evolution of IDDS and their great diversity.
Serge Ostrovidov +8 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aim Cannabis‐based medicines are gaining interest and being explored for new therapeutic indications, many of which commonly affect older medical patients. As most previous studies of the population pharmacokinetics of cannabinoids have been performed in healthy adults, this study aimed to investigate the population pharmacokinetics of Δ9 ...
Ida Klitzing Storgaard +12 more
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Shock wave therapy for spastic plantar flexor muscles in hemiplegic cerebral palsy children
Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics, 2015 Background: The spastic motor type is the most common form of cerebral palsy (CP). Spastic equines foot is the most frequent deformity in ambulated children with CP.
Hala A. Abdel Gawad +2 more
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A Core Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy Syllabus for Physical Therapy Student Education
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Head, neck, and neuroanatomy are essential components of physical therapy education due to their broad clinical applications. Detailed syllabi exist for medical students, yet none have been developed for physical therapy. This study aimed to produce an International Federation of Associations of Anatomists core head, neck, and neuroanatomy ...
Stephanie J. Woodley +4 more
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