Quantitative assessment of spasticity: a narrative review of novel approaches and technologies

J He, A Luo, J Yu, C Qian, D Liu, M Hou, Y Ma - Frontiers in neurology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Spasticity is a complex neurological disorder, causing significant physical disabilities and
affecting patients' independence and quality of daily lives. Current spasticity assessment …

Objectivizing measures of post-stroke hand rehabilitation through multi-disciplinary scales

K Marek, J Redlicka, E Miller, I Zubrycki - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is a wide variety of tools and measures for rehabilitation outcomes in post-stroke
patients with impairments in the upper limb and hand, such as paralysis, paresis, flaccidity …

Do soleus responses to transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation show similar changes to H-reflex in response to Achilles tendon vibration?

A Gravholt, C Pfenninger, S Grospretre, A Martin… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction/purpose Recently, the use of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (TSCS) has
been proposed as a viable alternative to the H-reflex. The aim of the current study was to …

Testing spasticity mechanisms in chronic stroke before and after intervention with contralesional motor cortex 1 Hz rTMS and physiotherapy

W Mahmoud, H Hultborn, J Zuluaga, C Zrenner… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Previous studies showed that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
(rTMS) reduces spasticity after stroke. However, clinical assessments like the modified …

Common modelling assumptions affect the joint moments measured during passive joint mobilizations

A Koussou, R Dumas, E Desailly - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Joint resistance to passive mobilization has already been estimated in-vivo in several
studies by measuring the applied forces and moments while manipulating the joint …

Spastic movement disorder: should we forget hyperexcitable stretch reflexes and start talking about inappropriate prediction of sensory consequences of movement?

JB Nielsen, MS Christensen, SF Farmer… - Experimental Brain …, 2020 - Springer
Spastic movement disorder is characterized by reduced ability to selectively activate
muscles with significant co-activation of antagonist muscles. It has traditionally been thought …

Motor function and gait decline in individuals with cerebral palsy during adulthood: a narrative review of potential physiological determinants

A Gravholt, B Fernandez, H Bessaguet… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood-onset disability. The evolution of gait
according to severity is well known amongst children and thought to peak between 8 and 12 …

[HTML][HTML] Tension and trauma releasing exercises for people with multiple sclerosis–An exploratory pilot study

M Lynning, C Svane, K Westergaard… - Journal of traditional and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aim Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by increasing symptom burden
leading many people with MS to use complementary treatments. TRE (Tension and Trauma …

Dry needling for the treatment of muscle spasticity in a patient with multiple sclerosis: a case report

M Khalifeloo, S Naghdi, NN Ansari… - … Theory and Practice, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Spasticity is a common cause of disability in multiple sclerosis (MS), which can
negatively affect the patient's walking and balance. Objective To evaluate the immediate …

Hand gesture-based artificial neural network trained hybrid human–machine interface system to navigate a powered wheelchair

A Stroh, J Desai - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Individuals with cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy often lack fine motor control of their
fingers which makes it difficult to control traditional powered wheelchairs using a joystick …