The condition occurs when the band of connective tissue spanning your arch, called your plantar fascia, becomes inflamed and ...

Therefore, the lower limb spasticity score at SLC was defined as a weighted average of up to five different bilateral spasticity measures: (1) mean modified Ashworth scores for at least three ...

The plantar responses were flexor. Case 3. W.H. (U.H. 842831), a 62-year-old woman with a long history of clandestine drinking, had previously demonstrated esophageal varices, portal hypertension ...

They were able to successfully assess the spasticity of the elbow muscles and plantar flexors in children with cerebral palsy. However, they had poor inter-examiner reliability for measurements of ...

The majority of the 70 primary studies (comprising 2,163 patients) were conducted in Europe (n = 35) or North America (n = 18), while nine studies were completed in Asia and eight in other ...

Spasticity, contracture, and muscle weakness are major sources of disability in stroke. Changes of torque-generating capacity as well as reflex and non-reflex properties of ankle plantar flexors ...

Spasticity, which is characterized by increased muscle tone, is a common sign of CP and plays a major role in the development of various CP-related disabilities. One common manifestation of spasticity ...

INTRODUCTION. Spasticity is a motor sign associated with a neurological injury, characterized by increased muscle stretch reflexes. Typically, it is characterized by increased muscle resistance ...

Background: Lower limb spasticity after stroke is common that can affect the balance, increase the risk of falling, and reduces the quality of life. Objective: First, evaluate the effects of ...

Methods Patients with stroke were recruited from neurology and physiotherapy clinics in Tehran, Iran. Based on the level of ankle plantar flexor spasticity according to the Modified Modified Ashworth ...

Spasticity is a common occurrence following stroke, ... plantar flexors, and invertors of the affected leg. Injecting phenol into the obturator nerve, for example, ...