In the subacute and chronic stages of spastic paresis, stretch‐sensitive (spastic) muscle
overactivity emerges as a third fundamental mechanism of motor impairment, along with …

In clinical practice, signs of exaggerated tendon tap reflexes associated with muscle
hypertonia are generally thought to be responsible for spastic movement disorders. Most …

The present review examines the experimental evidence supporting the existence of central
mechanisms able to modulate the synaptic effectiveness of sensory fibers ending in the …

Spasticity, a classical clinical manifestation of an upper motor neuron lesion, has been
traditionally and physiologically defined as a velocity dependent increase in muscle tone …

Epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is currently regarded as a breakthrough procedure for
enabling movement after spinal cord injury (SCI), yet one of its original applications was for …

Spasticity is a term, which was introduced to describe the velocity‐sensitive increased
resistance of a limb to manipulation in subjects with lesions of descending motor pathways …

With the contribution from more than one hundred CNS neurotrauma experts, this book
provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account on the latest developments in the area of …

Study design: Review of the literature on the validity and reliability of assessment of
spasticity and spasms. Objectives: Evaluate the most frequently used methods for …

It was demonstrated that the soleus H-reflex was depressed for more than 10 s following a
preceding passive dorsiflexion of the ankle joint. This depression was caused by activation …

Presynaptic inhibition of Ia terminals and postactivation depression at the Ia fibre–motor
neuron (MN) synapses were compared in the upper and lower limbs of both sides in …