ersity. P ed.2012. Abstract Spasticity is a wide spectrum disease that affects all age groups. Spasticity in children may have diverse etiologies; this article will focus on children with spasticity, most of whom have diagnoses of cerebral palsy; as approximately two thirds of all cerebral palsy patients suffer from spasticity. This review is meant to discuss various aspects of spasticity; nome...

The purpose of this study is to examine ways in which electrical stimulation, both transcutaneously and via implanted stimulators, may be used to treat spasticity . Spasticity is one of the complications which frequently follows CNS (central nervous system) lesion, and it is commonly identified in the following ways : The involved muscles develop a pathological resistance to passive stretch . T...

Spasticity is a neuromuscular dysfunction characterized by tight or stiff muscles. Spasticity occurs across the spectrum of upper motor neuron disease and complicates the course and quality of life of those affected. Accurate and precise assessment of spasticity is the first step in providing safe and effective treatments to patients for management of spasticity. Examiner evaluations (Ashworth ...

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 reflex, however, remains poorly understood. Accumulated experimental evidence has supported supraspinal origins of spasticity, likely from an ...

This study examined the extent to which a battery of tests could detect a reduction of plantarflexor spasticity resulting from cryotherapy. The tests included a traditional qualitative spasticity scale, three potential quantitative spasticity measures and a measure of voluntary ankle muscle function. Twenty-six adult traumatic-brain-injured subjects were examined; these included 22 males and 4 ...

BACKGROUND It is thought that spasticity has an influence on the development of functional motor abilities among children with cerebral palsy (CP). The extent to which spasticity is associated with the change in motor abilities in young children with CP has not been established. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship of initial spasticity in young children with CP and their...

One of the consequences of upper motor neuron disease is the development of spasticity, classically defined as a “velocitydependent increase in muscle tone and hyper-excitability of the stretch reflex.” Although alternative definitions have been recently proposed that define spasticity as a “disordered sensorimotor control,” in this study, we focused on the classic definition underlying velocit...

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of spasticity after stroke is approximately 20%. There is, so far, little information in the literature on the development of spasticity after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of spasticity after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and to identify possible risk factors in the acute phase. METHODS A total...

Spasticity is the most common motor disturbance in cerebral palsy (CP). Lockdown COVID-19 outbreak has profoundly changed daily routines, and similarly caused suspension of spasticity treatment plans. Besides, delay botulinum toxin (BoNT) injection, which important management focal spasticity, led to some problems children. This consensus report includes BoNT injection recommendations during pa...

Spasticity is a common disabling disorder that occurs from 17 to 43% in patients with stroke affecting both the upper and the lower limb [1-4]. If left untreated, it can hamper functional outcome by promoting persistent abnormal posture that in turn produces muscular-tendon contractures and bone deformity. Several functional limitations arise from spasticity including impaired movement, hygiene...