Background: Cerebrovascular accident (Stroke) incidence is rapidly increasing and considered to be one of the leading causes death physical impairment on a global level. These impairments aren’t limited motor weakness but can also include in somatosensory functions essential for producing accurate specific actions. Aim study: To determine efficacy lower limb sensory training postural stability ...

Introduction: Because of the complex physiopathology spasticity, it is distinguished as one most significant positive clinical signs upper motor neuron syndrome, constituting a feature that has great impact in neurorehabilitation setting. Thus, current study aimed to determine prevalence, onset, evolution, and prediction spasticity after stroke. Materials Methods: A correlational, longitudinal ...

AIM The objective of the present study was to estimate the influence of the driven gait orthosis Lokomat on the functional mobility in the post-stroke hemiparethic patients and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the improvement of functional mobility after the treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 141patients presenting with post-stroke hemiparesis of the mean duration 12.00...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this pilot study was to examine changes in different aspects of impairment, including spasticity in the upper limbs, of hemiplegic children following botulinum toxin type A intervention. Progress was assessed using standard clinical measurements and a robotic device. DESIGN Pre-post multiple baseline. SUBJECTS Six children with hemiplegia. METHODS Botulinium toxin typ...

OBJECTIVE To document the frequency, clinical correlates and predictors of symptomatic upper limb spasticity in patients one year or more after stroke. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS A total of 140 patients after stroke attending a rehabilitation clinic. METHODS Assessments of spasticity, upper limb function and self-care ability using the Ashworth Scale (AS), Motor Assessment Sca...

No recommended guidelines currently exist for the therapeutic concentration or dose of botulinum toxin type A (BTXA) injected into the muscle to treat limb spasticity. Therefore, in this randomized controlled trial, we explored the safety and efficacy of two concentrations and two doses of BTXA in the treatment of spastic foot after stroke to optimize this treatment in these patients. Eligible ...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective case series. PURPOSE To study the safety and feasibility of cotransplantation of bone marrow stem cells and autologous olfactory mucosa in chronic spinal cord injury. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Stem cell therapies are a novel method in the attempt to restitute heavily damaged tissues. We discuss our experience with this modality in postspinal cord injury paraplegics. ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a gravity-supported, computer-enhanced device (Armeo® Spring) for upper limb rehabilitation in chronic stroke patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS We included 23 chronic hemiparetic patients (chronicity: 328 ± 90.8 days; distribution: 17 men and 6 women) aged 54.6 ± 9.5 years, who had sustained ischaemic stroke (n=12) or haemorrhagic stroke (n=11). All patients...

The literature shows inconsistent evidence regarding the association between clinically assessed plantar-flexor (PF) spasticity and walking function in ambulatory persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). The use of a dynamometer-based spasticity measure (DSM) may help to clarify this association. Our cohort included 42 pwMS (27 female, 15 male; age: 42.9 +/- 10.1 yr) with mild clinical disabilit...

Background: Cerebral Palsy can be defined as a cluster of disorders acting on person’s movement, posture, and balance. Palsy, which affects 2 to 3 out every 1000 live births, is caused by variety factors, including brain injury affect It’s linked the perinatal period in about 92% cases. Premature birth, infections, intrauterine growth restrictions, multiple gestations, other risk factors are al...