Physical therapy is one part of the armoury in the fight against this disabling symptom of the upper motor neurone syndrome. Identifying the physiological changes brought about by physical therapy or physiotherapy, is difficult. As with many interventions in rehabilitation, this area is poorly studied...
In recent years, a range of non-pharmacological interventions has been used to manage spasticity. These include: physical interventions (stretching, passive movements); transcutaneous electricnerve stimulation(TENS);transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS);shockwave; vibratory stimulation (whole-body vibr...
What are effective interventions for preventing and managing skeletal muscle spasticity in TBI? Searches for evidence mapping: effective, shorter, cheaper Ashworth Scales are unreliable for the assessment of muscle spasticity. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 22, 119-125. Clinical measurement of limb ...
Several systematic reviews have concluded that spasticity reduction and improvement in the range of movement is observed in stroke survivors with the applications of neuromuscular electrical stimulation, combined with other interventions.33 Other methods, such as extracorporeal shock wave therapy, transcranial...
There is “low level” evidence for physical activity programs used in isolation or in combination with other interventions (pharmacological or non-pharmacological), and for repetitive magnetic stimulation (iTBS/rTMS) with or without adjuvant exercise therapy in improving spasticity in adults with MS. ...
Importantly, the excellent test–retest reliability of the FSA values found in our study and the small within-subject variability (~ 5°), suggests that this test could be successfully used for detecting differences in spasticity following medical or therapeutic interventions longitudinally. ...
A multimodal approach combining physical, pharmacological and surgical interventions is likely to be the most effective. Knowledge of the likelihood of recovery from VS and MCS can be helpful in determining the frequency and intensity of physiotherapy. Ethical issues in the management of children in ...
MORE THAN A BLACK BOX OF REHABILITATION: CHARACTERIZING THERAPY PROGRAMMES FOLLOWING BOTULINUM TOXIN INJECTIONS FOR SPASTICITY IN ADULTS WITH STROKE Objectives: To describe ambulatory rehabilitation programmes (physical and occupational therapy activities and interventions) following botulinum toxin inj... JKF ...
Spinal cord injury: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions 2023, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy Supramolecular Hydrogel Microspheres of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Mimetic Peptide Promote Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury 2023, ACS Nano Transforming growth factor-β1 protects against LPC...
Hemiparesis and spasticity are common co-occurring manifestations of hemispheric stroke. The relationship between impaired precision and force in voluntary movement (hemiparesis) and the increment in muscle tone that stems from dysregulated activity of t