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Toxins, 2023 Botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injection is a commonly used therapeutic intervention for upper limb spasticity in stroke patients. This study was designed as a randomized, active-drug-controlled, double-blind, multicenter, phase 3 clinical trial to ...
Dong Hyun Ye +6 more
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Spasticity: A review of Methods for Assessment and Treatment
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, 2011 Spasticity is the condition resulting of corticispinal damage as occurs in some neurological diseases. The aim of the article is to review the literature on assessment and treatment of spasticity and spastic limbs.
Mohammad Amouzadeh Khalili +1 more
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New insights into the pathophysiology of post-stroke spasticity
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015 Spasticity is one of many consequences after stroke. It is characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in resistance during passive stretch, resulting from hyperexcitability of the stretch reflex. The underlying mechanism of the hyperexcitable stretch
Sheng eLi, Gerard eFrancisco
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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023 Objective: To assess the effects of diagnostic nerve block and selective tibial neurotomy on spasticity and co-contractions in patients with spastic equinovarus foot. Methods: Among 317 patients who underwent a tibial neurotomy between 1997 and 2019, 46
Jean-Philippe Lamora +2 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]
, 2006 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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Scientific Reports, 2022 Hemiparesis and spasticity are common co-occurring manifestations of hemispheric stroke. The relationship between impaired precision and force in voluntary movement (hemiparesis) and the increment in muscle tone that stems from dysregulated activity of ...
Silvi Frenkel-Toledo +7 more
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Role of peripheral quantitative computed tomography in identifying disuse osteoporosis in paraplegia [PDF]
, 2009 Objective: Disuse osteoporosis is a major long-term health consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI) that still needs to be addressed. Its management in SCI should begin with accurate diagnosis, followed by targeted treatments in the most vulnerable ...
A Frotzler +22 more
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Assessment of cyclobenzaprine in the treatment of spasticity [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1972 The efficacy of cyclobenzaprine 60 mg/day in the treatment of spasticity was assessed in a double-blind crossover trial of two weeks' duration in 15 patients suffering from cerebral or spinal spasticity. Independent clinical and electromyographic methods were used. The effects of cyclobenzaprine did not differ significantly from those of placebo.
P, Ashby, D, Burke, S, Rao, R F, Jones
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BMC Neurology, 2009 Background Cannabis therapy has been considered an effective treatment for spasticity, although clinical reports of symptom reduction in multiple sclerosis (MS) describe mixed outcomes.
Rowland Marie, Lakhan Shaheen E
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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 +7 more
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