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 one of the common complications in upper motor neuron lesions and without appropriate treatment it causes disturbances in movement pattern. Assessments of patients are effective in patient's management. Modified Ashworth scale (MAS) is one of the criteria in qualitative assessment of spasticity, and there are lots of controversies about its validity. The purpose of this study is t...

BACKGROUND Spasticity is a common neurologic disorder with adverse effects on the patient's function. Conservative management is unsuccessful in a significant proportion of patients and neurosurgical intervention should be considered. The mainstay of surgical treatment of spasticity is selective posterior rhizotomy, i.e., section of sensory nerve roots of the cauda equina. OBJECTIVE To report...

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To determine whether pregabalin produces long-term spasticity reduction in subjects previously identified as responding in short-term trials. DESIGN, SUBJECTS AND SETTING Prospective service evaluation of patients taking pregabalin for spasticity management for at least 1 year through a tertiary referral rehabilitation clinic. A graduated pregabalin withdrawal was undertaken...

Development of validated and reliable outcome measures for spasticity rehabilitation has been hampered by the difficulty of quantifying functionally important parameters such as pain, ease of care, and mobility. Nonetheless, a combination of measures designed to assess technical and functional outcomes, patient satisfaction, and the cost effectiveness of treatment can be used together to evalua...

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 ...