Spasticity is a motor condition characterized by an increase in muscle tone or accompanying tonic stretch reflexes linked with hypertonia. It is frequently referred to as “stiffness” or “tightness”. Clinically, this condition can emerge in a variety of ways, sometimes with a modest neurological expression and other times with substantially elevated muscle tone resulting in joint immobility.
Spasticity can result in a variety of issues, including interference with everyday function, cleanliness, comfort, nursing care, and contractures, which increase the risk of infections and pressure ulcers.
In addition, spasticity increases the risk of dislocation and/or subluxation, in addition to heterotopic ossification. However, spasticity can be advantageous for some individuals, allowing them to walk or just stand/bear weight, which reduces risk of osteoporosis, improves blood circulation as well as mental health.
Epidemiology
Patients with spinal cord or brain-related injuries or conditions are at risk for developing spasticity, some of the illness which most commonly cause this include:
Stroke (35% risk)
Cerebral Palsy (90% risk)
Spinal Cord Injuries (40% risk)
Multiple Sclerosis (37%-78% risk)
Traumatic Brain Injuries (50% risk)
Anatomy
Pathophysiology
Etiology
Spasticity is seen as a positive indicator of the upper motor neuron syndrome, which refers to motor behaviors caused by lesions near the alpha motor neuron, and hence inside the brain or spinal cord. Other characteristics of UMNS include exaggerated muscular stretch reflexes and ascending plantar reflexes.
Some of the negative characteristics of UMNS are loss of dexterity, selective motor control, motor weakness, and relatively slower movement. Many conditions lead to spasticity, include, anoxia, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis.
Genetics
Prognostic Factors
Outcomes for spasticity vary on patient-to-patient basis. Symptoms for the same are improving due to medications, therapy, or physical modalities, the condition can have a good prognosis in terms of symptom management.
For individuals with neurodegenerative diseases, spasticity presents certain benefits by helping the affected individual with ambulation, hence maintaining muscle mass, preventing deep vein thrombosis and osteoporosis.
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Spasticity is a motor condition characterized by an increase in muscle tone or accompanying tonic stretch reflexes linked with hypertonia. It is frequently referred to as “stiffness” or “tightness”. Clinically, this condition can emerge in a variety of ways, sometimes with a modest neurological expression and other times with substantially elevated muscle tone resulting in joint immobility.
Spasticity can result in a variety of issues, including interference with everyday function, cleanliness, comfort, nursing care, and contractures, which increase the risk of infections and pressure ulcers.
In addition, spasticity increases the risk of dislocation and/or subluxation, in addition to heterotopic ossification. However, spasticity can be advantageous for some individuals, allowing them to walk or just stand/bear weight, which reduces risk of osteoporosis, improves blood circulation as well as mental health.
Patients with spinal cord or brain-related injuries or conditions are at risk for developing spasticity, some of the illness which most commonly cause this include:
Stroke (35% risk)
Cerebral Palsy (90% risk)
Spinal Cord Injuries (40% risk)
Multiple Sclerosis (37%-78% risk)
Traumatic Brain Injuries (50% risk)
Spasticity is seen as a positive indicator of the upper motor neuron syndrome, which refers to motor behaviors caused by lesions near the alpha motor neuron, and hence inside the brain or spinal cord. Other characteristics of UMNS include exaggerated muscular stretch reflexes and ascending plantar reflexes.
Some of the negative characteristics of UMNS are loss of dexterity, selective motor control, motor weakness, and relatively slower movement. Many conditions lead to spasticity, include, anoxia, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis.
Outcomes for spasticity vary on patient-to-patient basis. Symptoms for the same are improving due to medications, therapy, or physical modalities, the condition can have a good prognosis in terms of symptom management.
For individuals with neurodegenerative diseases, spasticity presents certain benefits by helping the affected individual with ambulation, hence maintaining muscle mass, preventing deep vein thrombosis and osteoporosis.
Tea
Take a cup orally as needed
1.5 to 4.5 g leaf in 150 ml of water
Tincture
Take a dose of 2 to 6 ml thrice a day
Cream/ointment
Apply 1% of a 70:1 ratio of lyophilized aqueous extract topically two to four times a day up to two weeks
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507869/
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Spasticity
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August 1, 2022
Spasticity is a motor condition characterized by an increase in muscle tone or accompanying tonic stretch reflexes linked with hypertonia. It is frequently referred to as “stiffness” or “tightness”. Clinically, this condition can emerge in a variety of ways, sometimes with a modest neurological expression and other times with substantially elevated muscle tone resulting in joint immobility.
Spasticity can result in a variety of issues, including interference with everyday function, cleanliness, comfort, nursing care, and contractures, which increase the risk of infections and pressure ulcers.
In addition, spasticity increases the risk of dislocation and/or subluxation, in addition to heterotopic ossification. However, spasticity can be advantageous for some individuals, allowing them to walk or just stand/bear weight, which reduces risk of osteoporosis, improves blood circulation as well as mental health.
Patients with spinal cord or brain-related injuries or conditions are at risk for developing spasticity, some of the illness which most commonly cause this include:
Stroke (35% risk)
Cerebral Palsy (90% risk)
Spinal Cord Injuries (40% risk)
Multiple Sclerosis (37%-78% risk)
Traumatic Brain Injuries (50% risk)
Spasticity is seen as a positive indicator of the upper motor neuron syndrome, which refers to motor behaviors caused by lesions near the alpha motor neuron, and hence inside the brain or spinal cord. Other characteristics of UMNS include exaggerated muscular stretch reflexes and ascending plantar reflexes.
Some of the negative characteristics of UMNS are loss of dexterity, selective motor control, motor weakness, and relatively slower movement. Many conditions lead to spasticity, include, anoxia, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis.
Outcomes for spasticity vary on patient-to-patient basis. Symptoms for the same are improving due to medications, therapy, or physical modalities, the condition can have a good prognosis in terms of symptom management.
For individuals with neurodegenerative diseases, spasticity presents certain benefits by helping the affected individual with ambulation, hence maintaining muscle mass, preventing deep vein thrombosis and osteoporosis.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507869/
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