Treatment of paraplegic spasticity by muscle transplantation
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Spasticity or reversible muscle hypertonia?
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The increase in resistance to passive muscle stretch in a paretic limb due to an upper motor neurone lesion is often referred to as muscle spasticity. However, this terminology is inaccurate and does not take into account the complex pathogenesis of the condition or describe the factors that contribute to the clinically observed changes in muscle tone. In this report we...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord
سال: 1969
ISSN: 1362-4393,1476-5624
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1969.38