Spasticity is considered an important neural contributor to muscle hypertonia in children with
cerebral palsy (CP). It is most often treated with antispasticity medication, such as Botulinum …

Spasticity is a complex neurological disorder, causing significant physical disabilities and
affecting patients' independence and quality of daily lives. Current spasticity assessment …

Background and purpose To support clinical decision‐making in central neurological
disorders, a physical examination is used to assess responses to passive muscle stretch …

Background Increased resistance in muscles and joints is an important phenomenon in
patients with cerebral palsy (CP), and is caused by a combination of neural (eg spasticity) …

Spasticity is a common impairment within pediatric neuromusculoskeletal disorders. How
spasticity contributes to gait deviations is important for treatment selection. Our aim was to …

Abstract Background Patients with spastic Cerebral Palsy are prone to equinus deformities,
likely affected by short and inextensible plantarflexor muscles. Manual stretching is a …

Electromyography (EMG) is a commonly used technique to record myoelectric signals, ie,
motor neuron signals that originate from the central nervous system (CNS) and …

Background While the effect of static stretching for individuals with cerebral palsy is
questionable, recent results suggest that the combination with activation seems promising to …

We are proposing optimal training conditions that can lead to an increase in the number of
serial sarcomeres (SSN) and muscle fascicle length (FL) in spastic muscles. Therapeutic …

There is much debate about how spasticity contributes to the movement abnormalities seen
in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). This study explored the relation between stretch …