Spasticity is a condition that causes spasms and stiffness in your arms, legs, or both, interfering with your ability to perform simple tasks. See important safety information and boxed warning.
Cerebral palsy is most often characterized by an excess or absence of muscle tone or spasticity, along with a distinct lack of muscle coordination. This is why air horns are my worst enemy and were banned at my high school graduation. If I’m walking and a loud noise goes off, I’m ab...
Growth hormone deficiency in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: relation to gross motor function and degree of spasticity Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) often have poor linear growth during childhood with short final height. Thus, we aimed to assess serum growth hormone (GH... RT ...
Mutations in more than 70 distinct loci and more than 50 mutated gene products have been identified in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegias, a diverse group of neurological disorders characterized predominantly, but not exclusively, by progressive lower limb spasticity and weakness resulting from...
These past six weeks have been the most sedentary of my adult life, and filled with lots of dark chocolate and vegan ice cream. And I am absolutely okay with that. What I’m struggling with now is the same thing I struggled with when I was doing to The Gupta Program: How do I co...
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Muscle stiffness: Botox is also used to treat muscle stiffness (spasticity) of the arms, hands, legs, and feet in adults and children who are at least 2 years old. Spasticity is when there is an abnormal increase in muscle tone or stiffness of muscle, which can cause problems with movemen...
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Baclofen, the prototypical GABA-B agonist, has been in clin- ical use for the treatment of spasticity for over 30 years. However, its muscle relaxing properties limits a potential widespread use in other indications. Nonetheless, as a pharmacological tool, baclofen has been invaluable in ...
The other two were muscle spasticity as a function of mass and chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. The plus one, of course, came after that report, which would be pediatric onset intractable seizure disorders. I think that at this point there is an awful lot of evidence suggesting that...