Prevalence and time course of post-stroke pain: A multicenter prospective hospital-based study [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVE: Pain prevalence data for patients at various stages after stroke. DESIGN: Repeated cross-sectional, observational epidemiological study. SETTING: Hospital-based multicenter study.
Barbanti, Piero +17 more
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Reciprocal Inhibition Post-stroke is Related to Reflex Excitability and Movement Ability [PDF]
, 2012 Objective Decreased reciprocal inhibition (RI) of motor neurons may contribute to spasticity after stroke. However, decreased RI is not a uniform observation among stroke survivors, suggesting that this spinal circuit may be influenced by other stroke ...
Ashworth +25 more
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Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2022 Introduction: Spasticity is a common consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI), estimated to affect up to 93% of people living with SCI in the community. Problematic spasticity affects around 35% people with SCI spasticity. The early period after injury is
Argyrios Stampas +7 more
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Spasticity syndrome in cerebral pathology: evaluation and clinical models
Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика, 2021 Knowing the frequency of spasticity patterns in different muscles allows correcting the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) administration schemes and creating spasticity models that could predict the drug consumption and treatment cost.Objective: to develop ...
A. P. Kovalenko +2 more
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Toxins, 2019 Botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) has been shown effective for poststroke lower limb spasticity. Following injections, a wide range of multidisciplinary approach has been previously provided.
Nicoletta Cinone +7 more
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Muscle Spasticity and Its Interaction with Myofascial System of Children with Central Paresis [PDF]
, 2019 Traditionally, the problem of muscle spasticity was considered by experts as a kind of local problem associated with the inhibition or traumatisation of the central motor neuron in a certain part of its path.
Moga, N. (Nikolay)
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Prediction of functional outcome after spinal cord injury: a task for the rehabilitation team and the patient [PDF]
, 2000 Study design: Descriptive analysis of data gathered in an information system.Objectives: To explore the predictions of professionals and patients regarding functional outcome after spinal cord injury related to the final results after inpatient ...
Eisma, W.H. +3 more
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Spasticity-spastic movement disorder [PDF]
Spinal Cord, 2008 Antispastic medications that are directed to reduce clinical signs of spasticity, such as exaggerated reflexes and muscle tone, do not improve the movement disorder. Medication can even increase weakness which might interfere with functional movements, such as walking.
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The swimming test is effective for evaluating spasticity after contusive spinal cord injury. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Spasticity is a frequent chronic complication in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the severity of spasticity varies in patients with SCI. Therefore, an evaluation method is needed to determine the severity of spasticity.
Youngjae Ryu +10 more
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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]
, 2015 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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