The use of Botox (BTX-A) as a safe, reversible, and effective treatment for reducing muscle tone and improving gait in children with cerebral palsy.

90 In healthy people, group Ia afferent input to the spinal cord becomes suppressed during the stance phase of gait. 78,87 Because of reduced Ia suppression in spasticity, short-latency stretch ...

Observe gait as the patient enters the office ... test rapidity and range of foot tapping (slowed in Parkinson's disease and spasticity) and for clonus (brisk passive extensions of ankle).

As currently there is no cure for hereditary spastic paraplegia, treatment was mainly focussed on improving the individual’s quality of life. Physiotherapy was advised to help maintain the muscle’s ...

But for patients suffering from muscle spasms, the stimulation protocols have a limited effect due to the unpredictable behaviour of involuntary muscle stiffness related to spasticity. Muscle ...

Correspondence to Dr M Braschinsky, Department of Neurology, University of Tartu, Puusepa 2, Tartu 51014, Estonia; mark.braschinsky{at}kliinikum.ee Background Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) ...

Spastic CP is characterized by involuntary spontaneous ... muscle instability, intention tremor and gait disturbances later in life (Dzienkowski et al., 1996; UCP, 2002). Mixed-type CP includes ...

By means of rhythm entrainment, the central pattern generator can produce walking rhythm synchronized with music rhythm, control muscle tension, and then regulate human gait. Basal ganglia dysfunction ...

66 Patients then go on to develop spasticity, gait problems (these may be an early feature), ataxia and urinary incontinence. MRI features: Typically, patients have non-enhancing, symmetrical white ...

Analog-to-digital Converter,Ankle Angle,Ankle Movement,Application Layer,Distributed Denial Of Service,Edge Layer,Gait Cycle,Hip Joint,Hip Movement,Inertial Measurement Unit,Internet Of Things,Joint ...