Spasticity: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
网页2022年7月23日 · Spasticity is a symptom and characteristic of certain neurological conditions. It causes certain muscles to contract all at once. It ranges in severity and can affect movement and speech. There are several treatment options for spasticity, including physical therapy, medication and botulinum toxin injections.
Muscle spasticity: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments - Healthline
网页2019年9月6日 · Overview. When your muscles contract, become stiff, or spasm involuntarily, it’s called spasticity. Spasticity can make it difficult to: walk. move. talk. It can be uncomfortable and painful at...
Spasticity - Johns Hopkins Medicine
网页Spasticity is abnormal muscle tightness due to prolonged muscle contraction. It is a symptom associated with damage to the brain, spinal cord or motor nerves, and is seen in individuals with neurological conditions, such as:
Spasticity – Symptoms and Causes - Penn Medicine
网页Severe, long-term spasticity may lead to contracture of muscles. This can reduce range of motion or leave the joints bent. Causes. Spasticity may be caused by any of the following: Brain damage caused by lack of oxygen, as can occur in near drowning or near suffocation. Cerebral palsy (group of disorders due to brain injury at birth)
Spasticity - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
网页2023年8月8日 · In a severe state, spasticity can interfere with daily function. It can cause extreme discomfort or pain for the patient and interfere with hygiene and the caregiver’s ability to provide care. This, in turn, can increase the risk of developing pressure ulcers, which can lead to infection and sepsis.
Spasticity - AANS - American Association of Neurological Surgeons
网页2024年4月30日 · Spasticity is generally caused by damage or disruption to the area of the brain and spinal cord that are responsible for controlling muscle and stretch reflexes. These disruptions can be due to an imbalance in the inhibitory and excitatory signals sent to the muscles, causing them to lock in place.
Best Exercises To Reduce Spasticity - Cleveland Clinic Health …
网页2022年6月23日 · If you have more severe spasticity, a neurologist or a physiatrist can help you decide whether techniques or movements could work in tandem with exercise to decrease spasticity.
About Severe Spasticity - Medtronic
网页Q: What is severe spasticity? A: Severe spasticity is a condition that results from an injury to or disease of the brain or spinal cord. Spasticity may make your muscles feel tight, stiff and difficult to move.
Optimal management for people with severe spasticity - PMC
网页2012年10月3日 · In its mildest form, spasticity may substitute for muscular weakness, aid in the preservation of muscle mass, and decrease the prevalence of deep venous thrombosis. 2 However, spasticity is damaging in its more severe forms. Spasticity causes imbalanced muscle forces that act upon bones, joints, and the muscles themselves.
Spasticity: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology - Medscape
网页6 天之前 · Spasticity is increased, involuntary, velocity-dependent muscle tone that causes resistance to movement. The condition is typically a result of insult to the central nervous system or motor...