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Involuntary muscle tightness and stiffness that occurs in about two-thirds of people with cerebral palsy and in many who suffer severe head injuries. The medical definition of dystonia is a velocity-dependent, increased resistance to passive muscle stretch. In other words, when a muscle affected by spasticity is stretched by someone else, it is harder to move the muscle than normal, and the faster one pushes, the harder the muscle is to move.
Ãâó: www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/conditions/
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| spasticity |
Spasm of muscles, uncontrolled tremors.
Ãâó: www.rehabdesigns.com/medical_terms.htm
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| spasticity |
involuntary muscle contractions leading to spasms and stiffness or rigidity. In MS, this condition primarily affects the lower limbs.
Ãâó: www.swedish.org/15141.cfm
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| spasticity |
a state of increased muscular tone in which abnormal stretch reflexes intensify muscle resistance to passive movements.
Ãâó: www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/sci_repo...
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| spasticity |
Involuntary twitching, jerking, or other movement, sometimes caused by a pinched or damaged nerve. People with MPS VI can develop spasticity in both arms and both legs owing to constriction of the spinal cord nerves where they pass through the neck.
Ãâó: www.maroteaux-lamy.com/pc/about/Glossary.asp
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