Interim data from the ongoing EPITOME trial1 showed that 45.7% of stroke survivors with paresis developed post-stroke spasticity within 1 year<1% of stroke survivors receive BoNT-A treatment for ...
May 9, 2008 – Three new guidelines documents from the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) review the use of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in ...
After a stroke, your body often no longer behaves as it did before. Often, people experience spastic movement disorders. That can mean This means that the muscles suddenly cramp or stiffen, they are ...
At just 4 years old, Maya Tisdale of Michigan has gone through quite a journey. She was born four months early and had to stay at the ICU for 26 weeks. Just before she turned 2 years old, she was ...
Study Design: Comparison of spinal lesion subjects and normal subjects. Objective: To investigate the effects of a paravertebral repetitive magnetic stimulation on spastic tone increase of the lower ...
Note: This story originally appeared on TODAY.com. For three decades Jean Abbott thought her spastic movements and difficulties walking were caused by cerebral palsy. But then she met an insightful ...
Spasticity is a condition involving an involuntary increase in muscle tone that leads to resistance against normal movements of the body and may cause pain in some individuals. This condition is ...