[Purpose] This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of neurodevelopmental treatment-based physical therapy on muscle tone, strength, and gross motor function in children with spastic cerebral palsy. [Subjects and Methods] One-hundred-seventy-five children with spastic cerebral palsy (88 diplegia; 78 quadriplegia) received neurodevelopmental treatment-based physical therapy for 35 minute...

The effects of dantrolene sodium and diazepam were compared in a double crossover study of 42 patients with spasticity due to stable multiple sclerosis. Both drugs reduced the findings of spasticity, clonus, and hyperreflexia, and the complaints of muscle stiffness and cramping. Each drug had different side effects which suggest indications and contraindications for its use in spastic patients.

Spasticity is common in individuals with central nervous system (CNS) disease1. It causes pain and reduces voluntary movement, which can have a disabling effect on patients and negatively affect rehabilitation outcomes. Lance’s widely used definition of spasticity states that spasticity is a motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes (muscle tone) wi...

BACKGROUND There are not many studies about treatment of shoulder spasticity. Although botulinum toxin injection has been reported to be effective for shoulder spasticity, the effectiveness was judged by pain and limited motion change, but not the spasticity itself. Shoulder spasticity is considered to play an important role in hemiplegic frozen shoulder. However, the subscapularis muscle, unli...

INTRODUCTION Leg paralysis, spasticity, reduced interlimb coordination, and impaired balance are the chief limitations to overground ambulation in subjects with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). In recent years, the application of KinesioTaping (KT) has been proposed to enhance sensory inputs, decreasing spasticity by proprioception feedback and relieving abnormal muscle tension. Because no ...

OBJECTIVES Clinically, it is assumed that spasticity of the calf muscles interferes with walking after stroke. The aim was to examine this assumption by evaluating the contribution of spasticity in the gastrocnemius muscle to walking dysfunction in an ambulant stroke population several months after stroke. METHODS Fourteen stroke patients who were able to walk independently and 15 neurologica...

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...

Article history: Received 18 March 2016 Received in revised form 11 May 2016 Accepted 11 May 2016 Available online 13 May 2016 Spasticity, muscle stiffness and contracture cause severe disability after central nervous system injury. However, current treatment options for spasticity produce muscle weakness which can impede movement, and do not directly address muscle stiffness. Here we propose t...