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Introduction Spasticity is one of the primary pathologies associated with cerebral palsy (CP), yet no definitive evidence exists to guide the appropriate level of spasticity management for an ...

Spasticity (muscle tightness) is common in children with cerebral palsy, and it can cause discomfort and difficulty during movement. Selective dorsal rhizotomy addresses spasticity by cutting select ...

The cost of Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) can depend on the condition you’re using it to treat, where you receive your injections, and whether you have insurance. Botox’s effects typically last ...

Our goal is to try to enhance the QoL of persons with hemiplegia by the mean of an active motion support system based on the HAL's technology. The HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) in its standard version ...

Background Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) comprises a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders characterised by progressive spasticity and hyperreflexia of the legs. Neurogenic bladder ...

Uncomplicated Strümpell's disease (Strümpell's familial spastic paraplegia) with a dominant mode of inheritance is recorded in six families. The neuropathological findings in two cases from these ...

9 Rodda J, Graham HK. Classification of gait patterns in spastic hemiplegia and spastic diplegia: a basis for a management algorithm. Eur J Neurol. 2001;8 (Suppl 5):98-108. 10 Lin CJ, Guo LY, Su FC, ...

Editor—The hereditary spastic paraplegias are characterised by progressive spasticity, predominantly affecting the lower limbs. They have been divided into “pure” or complicated forms.1 ,2 Four loci ...

Leen Mohammad and her mother Sana'a Shllak play Uno cards at their host family's residence in Delaware. Nilanjana Gupta / The National Leen suffers from spastic quadriplegia, a severe form of cerebral ...

We present an infant referred to Developmental Paediatrics for delays, slow growth, hypotonia, esotropia and spasticity. Over the course of 2 months, the infant’s exam progressed, demonstrating ...