IRCCS Istituto "Giannina Gaslini", Genova, Italy; Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Department of Neurology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 48108, Republic of Korea. smilepkm@hanmail.net.
Due to the heterogeneous clinical presentation of spastic cerebral palsy (SCP), which makes spasticity treatment challenging, more insight into the complex interaction between spasticity and altered m...
We studied associations between spasticity and muscle morphology and compared muscle morphology between commonly observed spasticity patterns (i.e. different muscle activation patterns during passive ...
Spasticity and muscle morphology of the medial gastrocnemius (MG) and semitendinosus (ST) were defined in 74 children with SCP (median age 8 years 2 months, GMFCS I/II/III: 31/25/18, bilateral/unilate...
A moderate negative association (r = -0.624, p < 0.001) was found between spasticity and MG muscle volume, while other significant associations between spasticity and muscle morphology parameters were...
Higher spasticity levels were associated with smaller MG and ST volumes and shorter MG muscles. These muscle morphology alterations were more pronounced in muscles that activated during low-velocity s...
To provide a comprehensive assessment of the treatment effects of nabiximols oromucosal spray on multiple sclerosis spasticity in two clinical trials, GWSP0604 and SAVANT....
Both studies enriched for responders before randomization, defined by a ≥20% improvement in Spasticity 0-10 numeric rating scale (NRS) score. Additionally, SAVANT used randomized re-titration followin...
Mean change from baseline in average daily Spasticity NRS scores was significantly larger for nabiximols than placebo at all postbaseline timepoints, ranging from -0.36 to -0.89 in GWSP0604 and -0.52 ...
Nabiximols leads to improvement in spasticity that was sustained over the 12-week treatment period as measured by average daily Spasticity NRS scores, daily spasm counts, and MAS scores for combinatio...
Upper limb spasticity and spasticity-induced deformities after upper motor neuron lesions because of traumatic brain injury, encephalitis or cerebral palsy inhibit activities of daily living, result i...
Evaluating muscle spasticity in children with cerebral palsy (CP) is essential for determining the most effective treatment strategies. This scoping review assesses the current methods used to evaluat...
A search (to April 2024) used keywords such as muscle spasticity, cerebral palsy, and assessment methods. Selection criteria included articles involving CP children, assessing spasticity objectively/s...
From an initial pool of 1971 articles, 30 met our inclusion criteria. These studies collectively appraised a variety of techniques ranging from well-established clinical scales like the modified Ashwo...
The review discussed the strengths and limitations of each method and concluded that more reliable methods are needed to measure the level of muscle spasticity more accurately....
Spasticity is prevalent following Traumatic Brain Injury. 'Focal' muscle spasticity has been defined as spasticity affecting a localised muscle group, but it's impact on gait kinetics remains unclear....
Ninety-three participants attending physiotherapy for mobility limitations following Traumatic Brain Injury were invited to participate in the study. Participants underwent clinical gait analysis and ...
Hip extensor power generation at initial contact, hip flexor power generation at terminal stance, and knee extensor power absorption at terminal stance were all significantly increased, and ankle powe...
Focal muscle spasticity had little association with abnormal gait kinetics in this cohort of independently ambulant people with Traumatic Brain Injury....
To investigate the influence of muscle position (relaxed vs stretched) on muscle mechanical properties and the ability of myotonometry to detect differences between sides, groups, and sites of testing...
Cross-sectional study....
Outpatient rehabilitation units including private and public centers....
Seventy-one participants (20 subacute stroke, 20 chronic stroke, 31 controls) were recruited (N=71)....
Muscle mechanical properties were measured bilaterally with a MyotonPRO at muscle belly and musculotendinous sites during 2 protocols (muscle relaxed or in maximal bearable stretched position)....
Muscle tone and stiffness of the biceps brachii and gastrocnemius. Poststroke spasticity was evaluated with the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS). A mixed-model analysis of variance was used to detect diff...
The analysis of variance showed a significant effect of muscle position on muscle mechanical properties (higher tone and stiffness with the muscle assessed in stretched position). Measurements with th...
Myotonometry assessment of mechanical properties with the muscle stretched improves the ability of myotonometry to discriminate between sides in patients after stroke and between people with and witho...
In cerebral palsy (CP), spasticity is the dominant symptom and hip pain is one of the most common secondary conditions. Aetiology is not clear. Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is a low-cost, non-inv...
A retrospective case-matched-control study. To investigate associated factors with painful spastic hip and to compare ultrasound findings (focusing on muscle thickness) in children with CP vs. typical...
Paediatric Rehabilitation Hospital in Mexico City, from August to November 2018....
21 children (13 male, 7 + 4.26 years) with CP, in Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels IV to V, with spastic hip diagnosis (cases) and 21 children age- and sex-matched (7 + 4.28 y...
Sociodemographic data, CP topography, degree of spasticity, mobility arch, contractures, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), GMFCS, measurements of the volumes of eight major muscles of the hip joint and MSUS ...
All children with CP group reported chronic hip pain. Associated factors for hip pain (high VAS hip pain score) were degree of hip displacement (percentage of migration), Ashworth Level, GMFCS level V...
Though possibly the most important issue with diminished muscle growth in CP children is the influence on their long-term function, it is likely that training routines that build muscle size may also ...
Botulinum neurotoxin-A (BoNT-A) injections are effective for focal spasticity. However, the impact on muscle strength is not established. This study aimed to investigate the effect of BoNT-A injection...
Although reduced gait asymmetry and trunk control are generally accepted outcomes in stroke patients after having a stroke, the number of studies examining the factors affecting gait symmetry and trun...
What are the effects of gastrocnemius muscle spasticity on trunk control and gait symmetry in chronic stroke patients?...
The sample of the study included 29 individuals aged 40-70 who were diagnosed with stroke at least six months ago. The sociodemographic information of the patients was collected using a descriptive in...
There was a numerical difference between the gait symmetry results of the patients who had a MAS score lower than 2 and those who had a MAS score of 2 or higher, where MAS scores corresponded to gastr...
According to the results of our study, to improve trunk control and gait in stroke survivors, the management of gastrocnemius muscle spasticity should be included in rehabilitation programs. We believ...
Evaluation the effects of dry needling on sonographic, biomechanical and functional parameters of spastic upper extremity muscles....
Twenty-four patients (35-65 years) with spastic hand were randomly allocated into two equal groups: intervention and sham-controlled groups. The treatment protocol was 12-sessions neurorehabilitation ...
The analysis showed that there was a significant reduction in muscle thickness, spasticity and reflex torque and a significant increment in motor function and dexterity in both groups after treatment ...
Dry needling plus neurorehabilitation could decrease muscle thickness, spasticity and reflex torque and improve upper-extremity motor performance and dexterity in chronic stroke patients. These change...
