Medical and surgical management of spasticity

PC Sharkey - Neurosurgery, 1981 - journals.lww.com
Spasticity is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of nervous system injury. It may improve vascular
flow, maintain muscle bulk and aid in maintaining upright posture; yet, it may interfere with …

Medical treatment of spasticity

JF Delaney - Current Problems in Surgery, 1980 - Elsevier
SPASTICITY is the most common and-in the long range-the most disabling symptom in the
spinal cord injury patient. It is usually associated with increased flexor spasms, increased …

[图书][B] Neurosurgery for spasticity: a multidisciplinary approach

MP Sindou, IR Abbott, Y Keravel - 2012 - books.google.com
" Spasticity is one of the commonest sequelae of neurological disease and during the last
few years many advances have been made in the treatment of this complaint by functional …

Clinical features of spasticity

PH Frerebeau, F Segnarbieux, F Ohanna… - … for Spasticity: A …, 1991 - Springer
Spasticity is one of the major component of the upper motor neuron syndrome. It may arise
in patients suffering from a multitude of lesions which include the sensori-motor cortical area …

[PDF][PDF] Spasticity: Classification, diagnosis, and management

RH Bonow, SR Browd - Principles of neurological surgery, 2018 - sites.uw.edu
Spasticity is defined as hypertonia occurring in response to passive muscle stretch that
meets one of two criteria: the hypertonia increases with increasing speed of muscle stretch …

Surgery in the Management of Spasticity

DA Fuller - Spasticity: Diagnosis and Management, 2011 - books.google.com
Spasticity occurs as a result of injury to the upper motor neurons of the central nervous
system (CNS). Existing surgical techniques do not repair the injury to the CNS, but rather …

Spasticity—clinical classification and surgical treatment

C Gros - Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery, 1979 - Springer
Spasticity-Clinical Classification and Surgical Treatment * Page 1 Spasticity-Clinical Classification
and Surgical Treatment * C. GROS Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, MontpelIier (France) With …

Surgical procedures for treatment of spasticity

H Hurth, M Morgalla, J Heinzel, A Daigeler… - Der …, 2023 - europepmc.org
Background The causes of spasticity are various and include cerebral palsy, spinal cord
injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis or other congenital or acquired lesions of the central …

[PDF][PDF] The neurosurgical management of spasticity

RW Peacock, WJ* & Eastman - South African Medical Journal, 1981 - journals.co.za
The neurosurgical management of spasticity Page 1 SA MEDIESE TYDSKRIF 28
NOVEMBER 1981 849 The neurosurgical management • • spastIcIty of WJ PEACOCK, RW …

The surgical treatment of spasticity

MD Smyth, WJ Peacock - Muscle & Nerve: Official Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Many neurosurgical procedures have been designed for or applied to the treatment of
spasticity arising from different disorders, including cerebral palsy; traumatic, ischemic, or …