INTRODUCTION Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a neurological disorder caused by demyelination and axonal destruction of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...