VOL: 102, ISSUE: 15, PAGE NO: 26Louise Jarrett, BA, RGN, is clinical nurse specialist spasticity management, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCL Hospitals Foundation Trust, LondonThe ...

Spasticity is involuntary overactivity of muscles that occurs following upper motor neuron damage to the brain or spinal cord. Upper limb spasticity is common after stroke and can cause deformity, ...

Spasticity is a disabling complication of stroke, and it is uncertain whether intramuscular injections of botulinum toxin type A reduce disability in persons with spasticity of the wrist and fingers ...

Objective: To measure spasticity of the knee flexors and extensor muscles in two different hip positions. Setting: Swiss Paraplegic Center Nottwil, Switzerland. Methods: Twenty spinal cord injured ...

If you have spasticity, whether following a stroke or traumatic brain injury or due to a progressive disease such as multiple sclerosis (MS), your muscles remain contracted, or tightened, in one ...

It can be uncomfortable and painful at times. Spasticity occurs when the nerve impulses that control muscle movement are interrupted or damaged. A variety of conditions can cause this, including: ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved abobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc) injection for treatment of lower-limb spasticity in children as young 2 years. Dysport ...

Mary Ellen Ciganovich became very familiar with muscle spasticity in her more than 30 years of living with multiple sclerosis (MS). The holistic health and spirituality teacher has tried to engage in ...

Background: Spasticity is a common and poorly controlled symptom of multiple sclerosis. Our objective was to determine the short-term effect of smoked cannabis on this symptom. Methods: We conducted a ...

Many people with multiple sclerosis have stiff muscles and spasms, a condition called spasticity. It happens mostly in the muscles of the legs and arms, and it may keep you from moving your limbs ...