After a stroke, your body often no longer behaves as it did before. Often, people experience spastic movement disorders. That can mean This means that the muscles suddenly cramp or stiffen, they are ...

May 9, 2008 – Three new guidelines documents from the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) review the use of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in ...

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College ...

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University's College ...

Study Design: Comparison of spinal lesion subjects and normal subjects. Objective: To investigate the effects of a paravertebral repetitive magnetic stimulation on spastic tone increase of the lower ...

Kinematic characteristics of reaching movements of the dominant arm were assessed in 51 sitting preterm children who were aged 2–11 y and had cerebral palsy (CP), including 33 with spastic hemiplegia ...

Spasticity is a condition involving an involuntary increase in muscle tone that leads to resistance against normal movements of the body and may cause pain in some individuals. This condition is ...

Spasticity is a condition that affects your muscles, making them tight or stiff. This can impact your ability to perform daily activities, such as walking, eating, and talking. The condition may also ...

Note: This story originally appeared on TODAY.com. For three decades Jean Abbott thought her spastic movements and difficulties walking were caused by cerebral palsy. But then she met an insightful ...

It’s the most common neurological disorder in children and affects about 3.1 for every 1,000 8-year old children, according to a 2014 study. Symptoms of CP vary in severity, but they usually come on ...

NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- A New York lawyer accused of grabbing a judge's inner thigh and buttocks says the incident was a result of spastic movements from his cerebral palsy. Hippocrate Mertsaris, 35 ...