BACKGROUND Spasticity affects more than 80% of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), affecting activity, participation, and quality of life. Based on an international guideline, an MS spasticity group education and stretching program, MS Spasticity: Take Control (STC), has been developed. OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to determine whether STC with home stretching is associated with ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of a stretching and strengthening exercise program using an upper extremity robot, as compared with a conventional occupational therapy program for upper extremity spasticity in stroke patients. METHODS Subjects were randomly divided into a robot-assisted therapy (RT) group and a conventional rehabilitation therapy (CT) group. RT group patients received RT ...

BACKGROUND Although botulinum toxin is a well-established treatment of focal spasticity in cerebral palsy, most trials have been small, and few have simultaneously assessed measures of muscle tone and clinical benefit. METHODS Global, randomized, controlled study to assess the efficacy and safety of abobotulinumtoxinA versus placebo in cerebral palsy children with dynamic equinus foot deformi...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to report physician experience-based "real-world" treatment patterns with botulinum toxin type A in patients with stroke and traumatic brain injury. DESIGN A prospective, multicenter, international observational registry design was used. RESULTS Six hundred twenty-seven participants with stroke and 132 participants with traumatic brain injury were assessed...

Introduction Up to 80% of post-stroke patients present upper-limb motor impairment (ULMI), causing functional limitations in daily activities and loss independence. UMLI is seldom fully recovered after stroke when using conventional therapeutic approaches. Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy (FEST) controlled by Brain–Computer Interface (BCI) an alternative that may induce neuroplastic ch...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of modified constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in a real-world clinical setting on spasticity and functional use of the affected arm and hand in patients with spastic chronic hemiplegia. METHOD A prospective consecutive quasi-experimental study design was used. Twenty patients with spastic hemiplegia (aged 22-67 years) were t...

Abstract Background Adaptive seating is commonly used as an intervention method to enhance postural control. The aim of this study investigate the effect using therapy ball a seat alternative typical chair on grasping and visual motor integration in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy. For aim, thirty palsy from both sexes were included study. ages ranged 3 6 years old. degree spasticity w...

Background: The comorbidities, age and disability of the stroke patients may influence rehabilitation period. In process patients, length stay in hospital is important because its economic psychological effects. Objective: purpose this study was to evaluate whether there a relationship between for functional outcomes patients. Methods: medical records 97 who were admitted unit analyzed retrospe...