For equinus deformity in spastic hemiplegia, correction by the White slide technique has been studied in a group of 35 patients followed up for 14 to 20 years. It is a simple, effective method of lengthening the calcaneal tendon, and is free from significant complications with an acceptable rate of recurrent deformity. The majority of patients achieved a heel-toe gait.

Lower extremity spasticity is a common sequela among patients with acquired brain injury. The optimum treatment remains controversial. The aim of our study was to test the feasibility and effectiveness of contralateral nerve root transfer in reducing post stroke spasticity of the affected hindlimb muscles in rats. In our study, we for the first time created a novel animal hindlimb spastic hemip...

Paul M. Jenkinson, Nicola M. J. Edelstyn, Justine L. Drakeford, Christine Roffe and Simon J. Ellis School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, UK Research Institute for Life Course Studies, Keele University, Keele, UK School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK Department of Neurology, Unive...

Alternating hemiplegia in children is a rare form of "complicated" migraine. There are a number of similarities to seizure disorders and correct diagnosis may prove difficult. The clinical features of 6 patients with alternating hemiplegia are presented together with the results of electrophysiological, radiological, and biochemical studies. While there were a number of clinical similarities be...

This study examined the ability of children with hemiplegia to perform motor imagery of their unaffected hand. Children (8-12 years) formed three groups--R-HEMI: right-sided hemiplegia, n = 21; L-HEMI: left-sided hemiplegia, n = 19; and Comparisons, n = 21. We expected no group differences on a simple imagined grasping task, but the hemiplegia groups to perform atypically on an imagined pointin...

The control of spasticity is often a significant problem in the management of patients with spasticity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a single session of prolonged muscle stretch (PMS) on the spastic muscle. Seventeen patients with spastic hemiplegia were selected to receive treatment. Subjects underwent PMS of the triceps surae (TS) by standing with the feet dorsiflexed o...

Although sports classification for cerebral palsy has been in use for several years, it is complicated both for training and for scoring. People with cerebral palsy are difficult to fit into classification systems that are appropriate for other disability groups. The aim of this report is to describe the development of a framework for a simple quantitative classification of cerebral palsy. It w...