After a stroke, weakened muscles can become stiff or rigid. Often, stroke survivors experience muscle spasticity, which is characterized by abrupt, choppy movements of weak, tight muscles.

Three medications have spasticity reduction as their primary ... a focal intervention such as a botulinum toxin injection might benefit a stroke patient with focal hypertonicity but would not ...

Spasticity is a symptom of conditions, like multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, and traumatic injury to the brain or spinal cord. It can look like a tightly folded arm with a flexed wrist ...

A common challenge for stroke patients in recovery is spasticity, or severe muscle stiffness. Spasticity affects roughly a quarter of all stroke patients. In the days following a stroke ...

management of post-stroke spasticity and technology-based modalities — including virtual reality. Healio: How does this guidance differ from that of other major organizations? Eapen: This ...

When I see a person for the first time with spasticity, the first thing I need to ask the patient is how it's affecting them. Sometimes, it's pain. Sometimes, it's discomfort. And sometimes ...

Background OnabotulinumtoxinA has demonstrated significant benefit in adult focal spasticity. This study reviews the injection patterns (i.e., muscle distribution, dosing) of onabotulinumtoxinA ...

Our research is directed towards adults who have had a stroke as well as children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy. While our research efforts are integrative, it can be sectioned and described ...