Spasticity
Spasticity Spasticity is a disorder of the body's ... may interfere with gait, movement, and speech. Spasticity is usually caused by damage to the ... legs), and fixed joints. The degree of spasticity varies from mild muscle stiffness to severe ... muscle. Prognosis The prognosis for those with spasticity depends on the severity of the ...
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Talk:Spasticity
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... tug-of-war" is called co-contraction. Spasticity may be mild and affect only a ... affect the whole body. The amount of spasticity usually changes over time. Therapy, surgery, drugs ... and adaptive equipment may help to control spasticity. Damage to the brain's cerebral cortex ... may intensify with age (such as increased spasticity, fatigue, loss of strength and declining mobility ... tug-of-war" is called co-contraction. Spasticity may be very mild and affect ...
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Cerebral palsy
... of motor skills, with symptoms such as spasticity, paralysis, or seizures. Cerebral palsy is a ... development and coordination. The classical symptoms are spasticity, paralysis, seizures, unsteady gait, and dysarthria. While ... joint spaces. Depending on the degree of spasticity in a given patient, they may exhibit ... of a standing frame can help reduce spasticity and improve range of motion for people ... The term "spastic" describes the attribute of spasticity in one type of cerebral palsy. ...
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L1 syndrome   (translated from French)
... the backwardness is of light with means. Spasticity At the beginning of the life, there ... than 50% of the patients Severe backwardness Spasticity highlighted by studies of the reflexes Syndrome ... of type 1 Light backwardness with means Spasticity of the lower limbs No the anomaly ... the callous body Light backwardness with means Spasticity of the lower limbs Genetics The research ...
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Lipid storage disorder
... and progressive brain damage, eye movement disorders, spasticity, seizures, limb rigidity, and a poor ability ... ataxia, eye paralysis, brain degeneration, learning problems, spasticity, feeding and swallowing difficulties, slurred speech, loss ... early blindness, marked startle response to sound, spasticity, myoclonus (shock-like contractions of a muscle ... sudden, shock-like contractions of the limbs), spasticity, irritability, unexplained fever, deafness, optic atrophy and ...
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Talk:Spastic
... link, it says "The classical symptoms are spasticity, paralysis, seizures, unsteady gait, and dysarthria." (Check ... that this derived from a misconception that spasticity is associated with mental retardation? "Spazz" seems ... The article currently reads "A sufferer of spasticity. This usage is generally believed to have ... to as spastics at the time, despite spasticity being a symptom of only one variant ...
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Baclofen
... fluid). Intrathecal administration is often indicated in spasticity patients, as very little of the oral ... it was found that in certain patients spasticity decreased. Baclofen was and is still given ... an established method for the treatment of spasticity in many conditions. How Baclofen works Baclofen ... Patient Site for Intrathecal Baclofen Treatment for Spasticity as a result of Cerebral Palsy
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List of diseases starting with M
... papillomata Mental retardation osteosclerosis Mental retardation progressive spasticity Mental retardation psychosis macroorchidism Mental retardation short ... retardation Smith Fineman Myers type Mental retardation spasticity ectrodactyly Mental retardation u-Mental retardation x ... dominant Microcephaly brachydactyly kyphoscoliosis Microcephaly brain defect spasticity hypernatremia Microcephaly cardiac defect lung malsegmentation Microcephaly ... Microcephaly mental retardation retinopathy Microcephaly mental retardation spasticity epilepsy Microcephaly mesobrachyphalangy tracheoesophageal fistula syndrome Microcephaly ...
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Spastic
... the English language: An adjective referring to spasticity, a condition in which the individual has spasms. Spasticity is most commonly associated in the public ... verb root spas- = "pull". A sufferer of spasticity. This usage is generally believed to have ... those with any physical disability resulting in spasticity would necessarily also have a mental or ...
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