... is appreciated in spasticity but not in rigidity because the resting muscle is electromyographically silent in spasticity. In ... stiffening or straightening out of muscles, shock-like contractions of all or part of a group of muscles, and abnormal muscle ... Bakheit, A.M.; Fheodoroff, K.; Molteni, F. (2011). "Spasticity or Reversible Muscle Hypertonia?". Journal of Rehabilitation ... These consequences result in abnormally increased muscle tone of symptomatic muscles. Some authors suggest that the current ...
... multiple sclerosis and other disorders characterized by muscle spasticity; and nausea. Additionally, patients may not use ...
These include ataxia, muscle spasticity, intellectual disabilities, and cerebral calcification. Other features that may be ... underwent methylprednisolone pulse therapy, which later lessened the severity of her muscle spasticity. The aforementioned ... including symptoms such as muscle spasticity or thrombocytopenia purpura. It is a type of immunoosseous dysplasia. ...
As motor function degenerates, muscle spasticity and atrophy may occur. Medications such as NSAIDs and gabapentinoids may be ... wasting away of muscle tissue), depressed mental state, and respiratory difficulty due to intercostal (muscles that run between ... Damage to this system affects specific functions of the body, primarily relating to the function of muscles. The areas most ... prescribed to reduce swelling of the spinal cord, pain, and spasticity. Research is underway to consider the potential of stem ...
Some people with cerebral palsy use spasticity to compensate for muscle weakness, and so reducing spasticity can reduce ... Baclofen is a muscle relaxant and is often given by mouth to people to help counter the effects of spasticity, although this ... Oral baclofen or diazepam is used to reduce spasticity which results in pain, muscle spasms or functional disability. Baclofen ... Occupational therapy targeting spasticity aims to lengthen the overactive muscles. ...
AL-Zamil, Z.M.; Hassan, N.; Hassan, W. (2016-09-04). "Reduction of Elbow Flexor and Extensor Spasticity Following Muscle ... Paratonia is the inability to relax muscles during muscle tone assessment. There are two types of paratonia: oppositional and ... Muscle tone Hypertonia Hypotonia Dementia Dupré, E (1910). "Débilité mentale et débilité motrice associées" [Mental disability ... Spasticity also is velocity-dependent, but, differently from oppositional paratonia, if repeatedly elicited decreases instead ...
Movement disorders that may develop after TBI include tremor, ataxia (uncoordinated muscle movements), spasticity (muscle ... November 2017). "Interventions for managing skeletal muscle spasticity following traumatic brain injury". The Cochrane Database ... muscle weakness that causes disordered speech), weakness or numbness in the limbs, loss of coordination, confusion, ... "Stiffness modification of two ankle-foot orthosis types to optimize gait in individuals with non-spastic calf muscle weakness ...
Muscle spasticity, hyperreflexia or even clonus are characteristic of myelopathy. Other abnormal reflexes such as Hoffmann's ... Iliopsoas muscle is the first group of muscles that is affected. Lower limb weaknesses without any upper limb involvement ... and muscle weakness in the limbs. When the space between two adjacent vertebrae narrows, compression of a nerve root emerging ... accompanied by muscle weakness). Less commonly, direct pressure on the spinal cord (typically in the cervical spine) may result ...
Spasticity followed by dysfunctinoal regulation of muscle tone also exists. Death of cells at the complete transverse level is ... as well as contralateral loss of axial muscles and movement coordination are found. ...
Phelps developed surgical techniques for operating on the muscles to address issues such as spasticity and muscle rigidity. ... Although most people with CP have problems with increased muscle tone, some have normal or low muscle tone. High muscle tone ... however, the main benefit derived from botulinum toxin A comes from its ability to reduce muscle tone and spasticity and thus ... Cerebral palsy is also classified according to the topographic distribution of muscle spasticity. This method classifies ...
Spasticity limits muscle movement as a result of tightness in muscle. Athetosis is a condition that has resulted in damage to ... a muscle being assessed on a scale of 1 to 5 for people with cerebral palsy and other issues with muscle spasticity. A 1 is for ... A 3 is where normal muscle movement range does not exceed 50%. A 4 is when normal muscle movement range does not exceed 75% and ... A 2 is for normal muscle movement range not exceeding 25% or where the movement can only take place with great difficult and, ...
People in this class have severe locomotor issues with all four limbs as a result of loss of muscle strength or spasticity. ... Reduced functions of muscle strength, and/or spasticity in throwing arm. Poor sitting balance." Sportspeople with muscular ... "use of wheelchair with reduced function of muscle strength and/or spasticity in throwing arm, and poor sitting balance." ... They have functionality issues in throwing events as a result of mobility issues or spasticity in their throwing arm. At the ...
... severe muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and other spasticity disorders; epilepsy; acute or chronic glaucoma; ...
Spasticity, the uncontrollable tensing of muscles below the level of injury, occurs in 65-78% of chronic SCI. It results from ... Spasticity increases the risk of contractures (shortening of muscles, tendons, or ligaments that result from lack of use of a ... The muscles may contract uncontrollably (spasticity), become weak, or be completely paralysed. Spinal shock, loss of neural ... Complications can include muscle atrophy, loss of voluntary motor control, spasticity, pressure sores, infections, and ...
The muscle spasticity can cause gait patterns to be awkward and jerky. The constant spastic state of the muscle can lead to ... Spastic hemiplegia is a neuromuscular condition of spasticity that results in the muscles on one side of the body being in a ... Botox has been shown to be especially beneficial to reducing spasticity in the gastrocnemius (calf) muscle. This therapy can ... Other, less popular surgical techniques try to reduce spasticity by severing selected overactive nerves that control muscles. ...
The most common symptoms of EPM are ataxia, general weakness with muscle spasticity. However this is not specific to EPM and is ... Focal muscle atrophy, or even generalized muscle atrophy or loss of condition may result. Secondary signs also occur with ...
Afflicted persons suffer from loss of balance, loss of muscle control and spasticity. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ... The gene is highly expressed in the central nervous system, also found in skin, skeletal muscles and at low levels in the ... Shimazaki H, Takiyama Y, Sakoe K, Ando Y, Nakano I (June 2005). "A phenotype without spasticity in sacsin-related ataxia". ... a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by early-onset cerebellar ataxia with spasticity and peripheral neuropathy. ...
Children may also experience breathing problems, dysphagia, feeding problems, hypotonia, spasticity, and muscle stiffness. ...
Highly active children or those with muscle spasticity require more food energy than this; immobile children require less. The ... This might affect, for example, the muscles, the senses, consciousness, or a combination. A seizure can be focal (confined to a ...
Affected children display severe psychomotor impairment, failure to thrive, seizures, and muscle spasticity or hypotonia. Other ...
... into spastic muscles is a treatment to reduce spasticity. This can be used to prevent muscle shortening and early contractures ... painful hyperesthesias and paralyzed proximal upper limb muscles with distal muscle sparing. Spasticity is a frequent ... Spasticity often decreases function, but sometimes a patient can control the spasticity in a way that it is useful to their ... Instead, the signals are sent back to the motor cells in the spinal cord and cause a reflex muscle spasm. This can result in a ...
Previously referred to muscle spasticity or a person with cerebral palsy, which may involve muscle spasms. Also used to insult ...
Use of switches depends on the user's muscle tone, spasticity, visual ability, cognitive function and interests. Switch adapted ...
Chou, Roger; Peterson, Kim; Helfand, Mark (2004). "Comparative efficacy and safety of skeletal muscle relaxants for spasticity ... Anti-spasticity agents for multiple sclerosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD001332. doi: ... Some studies have shown that medications have been effective in decreasing spasticity, but that this has not been accompanied ... Mebeverine is a musculotropic spasmolytic with a strong and selective action on the smooth muscle spasm of the gastrointestinal ...
It is the best-studied muscle relaxer. It is not useful for spasticity due to neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy. A ... Chou R, Peterson K, Helfand M (August 2004). "Comparative efficacy and safety of skeletal muscle relaxants for spasticity and ... Cyclobenzaprine (sold under the brand name Flexeril, among others) is a muscle relaxer used for muscle spasms from ... Cyclobenzaprine is a centrally acting muscle relaxant. Cyclobenzaprine is a 5-HT2 receptor antagonist; it relieves muscle spasm ...
Spasticity, tightening of muscles due to increased muscle tone, is another complication that interferes with sex. Some ... Spasticity and pain also create barriers to sexual activity; these changes may require couples to use new positions, such as ... SCI often affects body image, either due to the host of changes in the body that affect appearance (e.g. unused muscles in the ... A warm bath can be taken prior to sex, and massage and stretching can be incorporated into foreplay to ease spasticity. Another ...
Although the muscles do not appear to atrophy as in ALS (at least initially), the disabling aspect of PLS is muscle spasticity ... Other common symptoms are spasticity (involuntary muscle contraction due to the stretching of muscle, which depends on the ... In PLS, stretching is thought to improve flexibility and can also reduce muscle spasticity and cramps. Patients with PLS may ... lower-extremity stiffness and pain due to muscle spasticity. Onset is often asymmetrical. ...
Chou R, Peterson K, Helfand M (August 2004). "Comparative efficacy and safety of skeletal muscle relaxants for spasticity and ... It is a muscle relaxant that is used to treat muscle pain and to help with motor control in Parkinson's disease, but has ... Orphenadrine is a skeletal muscle relaxant. It is used to relieve pain caused by muscle injuries such as strains and sprains, ... Orphenadrine and other muscle relaxants are sometimes used to treat pain arising from rheumatoid arthritis but there is no ...
Chou R, Peterson K, Helfand M (August 2004). "Comparative efficacy and safety of skeletal muscle relaxants for spasticity and ... Methocarbamol is a centrally acting muscle relaxant. How it works is unclear, but it does not appear to affect muscles directly ... One trial of methocarbamol versus cyclobenzaprine, a well-studied muscle relaxant, in those with localized muscle spasm found ... Muscle relaxants are widely used to treat low back pain, one of the most frequent health problems in industrialized countries. ...
HSP is a category of neurological disorder characterized by spasticity and muscle weakness in the lower limbs. The original ... and muscle wasting or muscle atrophy. Individuals appear to have difficulty walking, and report a clumsy, spastic gait which ... This syndrome is not only characterized by spasticity and weakness in the lower limbs, but also with dysarthria, mental ... The condition progressively worsens, as spasticity and distal amyotrophy symptoms are revealed more in teenage years. SPG20 ...