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Beneficial effects of childhood selective dorsal rhizotomy in adulthood [PDF]

, 2017
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, Edwards, Caleb, Liu, Jenny L, Park, T. S, Walter, Deanna M   +4 more
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Site and size of lesion predict post-stroke spasticity: A retrospective magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020
Objective: Clinical parameters for prediction of post-stroke spasticity are well established. This report introduces 2 brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters (infarct volume and topographic distribution) as post-stroke spasticity predictors ...
Songjin Ri, Anatol Kivi, Peter P. Urban, Thomas Wolf, Jörg Wissel   +4 more
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MS Spasticity: Take Control (STC) for ambulatory adults: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Neurology, 2020
Background Spasticity affects 60–80% of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), impacting activity, participation and quality of life. We developed the group delivered spasticity self-management program, “MS Spasticity: Take Control” (STC), with DVDs for ...
Cinda L. Hugos, Michelle H. Cameron
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Novel homozygous GBA2 mutation in a patient with complicated spastic paraplegia [PDF]

, 2018
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a heterogeneous group of neurological disorders characterized primarily by a pyramidal syndrome with lower limb spasticity, which can manifest as pure HSP or associated with a number of neurological or non ...
Bertini, Enrico, Coarelli, Giulia, Ferraldeschi, Michela, Fornasiero, Arianna, Frontali, Marina, Nicita, Francesco, Ristori, Giovanni, Romano, Silvia, Salvetti, Marco, Spadaro, Maria, Travaglini, Lorena   +10 more
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Integrated Management of Multiple Sclerosis Spasticity and Associated Symptoms Using the Spasticity-Plus Syndrome Concept: Results of a Structured Specialists' Discussion Using the Workmat® Methodology

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment has radically improved over the last years; however, MS symptom management is still challenging. The novel Spasticity-Plus syndrome was conceptualized to frame several spasticity-related symptoms that can be ...
Oscar Fernandez, Lucienne Costa-Frossard, Maria Luisa Martínez-Ginés, Paloma Montero, Jose María Prieto-González, Lluís Ramió-Torrentà, Lluís Ramió-Torrentà, Lluís Ramió-Torrentà   +7 more
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Flexor Reflex Decreases during Sympathetic Stimulation in Chronic Human Spinal Cord Injury [PDF]

, 2009
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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Non‐interventional, prospective, observational study on spasticity‐associated symptom control with nabiximols as add‐on therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis spasticity in Austria

Brain and Behavior, 2023
Background and purpose Randomized controlled trials and observational studies of nabiximols oromucosal spray in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) spasticity have shown improvement in a range of associated symptoms (pain, spasms, fatigue, bladder ...
Michael Guger, Robert Hatschenberger, Fritz Leutmezer   +2 more
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Safety and efficacy of a propofol and ketamine based procedural sedation protocol in children with cerebral palsy undergoing botulinum toxin A injections. [PDF]

, 2019
Background Pediatric patients with cerebral palsy (CP) often undergo intramuscular botulinum toxin (BoNT‐A) injections. These injections can be painful and may require procedural sedation.
Abu-Sultaneh, Samer, Abulebda, Kamal, Louer, Ryan, Lutfi, Riad, McKinney, Renee C.   +4 more
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Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Three Approaches for Botulinum Toxin Injection into Tibialis Posterior Muscle in Chronic Stroke Patients with Equinovarus Foot: An Observational Study

Toxins, 2021
Spastic equinovarus (SEV) foot deformity is commonly observed in patients with post-stroke spasticity. Tibialis posterior (TP) is a common target for botulinum toxin type-A (BoNT-A) injection, as a first-line treatment in non-fixed SEV deformity.
Stefania Spina, Salvatore Facciorusso, Chiara Botticelli, Domenico Intiso, Maurizio Ranieri, Antonio Colamaria, Pietro Fiore, Chiara Ciritella, François Genêt, Andrea Santamato   +9 more
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Submovements During Reaching Movements after Stroke [PDF]

, 2014
Neurological deficits after cerebrovascular accidents very frequently disrupt the kinematics of voluntary movements with the consequent impact in daily life activities.
Ghez, Claude, Laczko, Jozsef, Piovesan, Davide, Scheidt, Robert A., Simo, Lucia S.   +4 more
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