inhibitory actions contribute to baclofen's efficacy as an anti-spasticity agent. Spasticity mostly occurs in disorders of the central nervous system (CNS)...
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Spastic can refer to: Spasticity, a feature of altered muscle performance A historical reference to people with the movement disorders, see cerebral palsy...
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progressive stiffness (spasticity) and contraction in the lower limbs. HSP is also known as hereditary spastic paraparesis, familial spastic paraplegia, French...
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Spastic hemiplegia is a neuromuscular condition of spasticity that results in the muscles on one side of the body being in a constant state of contraction...
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In medicine, the adjective spastic refers to an alteration in muscle tone affected by the medical condition spasticity, which is a well-known symptomatic...
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Spastic cerebral palsy is the type of cerebral palsy characterized by spasticity or high muscle tone often resulting in stiff, jerky movements. Cases of...
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Less often, spasticity is severe enough to compel the person to use a wheelchair. In general, however, lower-extremity spasticity in spastic diplegia is...
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limbs (both arms and legs). Compared to quadriplegia, spastic tetraplegia is defined by spasticity of the limbs as opposed to strict paralysis. It is distinguishable...
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People with spastic paraplegia 6 generally start showing symptoms during their late teenage years or early adulthood, the symptoms are spasticity affecting...
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Scope (charity) (redirect from The Spastics Society)
for people with cerebral palsy (commonly referred to as spastics at the time, despite spasticity being a symptom of only one variant of cerebral palsy)...
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