Science Daily: Findings Could Lead To New Therapy For Spinal Cord Injury-induced Spasticity And Rigidity
A new target with potential as an effective new therapy for chronic spasticity and rigidity, a painful condition that often results from spinal cord injury, has been identified. Spinal spasticity is ...
Findings Could Lead To New Therapy For Spinal Cord Injury-induced Spasticity And Rigidity
EurekAlert!: UCSD findings could lead to new therapy for spinal cord injury-induced spasticity and rigidity
Research led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has identified a target with potential as an effective new therapy for chronic spasticity and rigidity, ...
UCSD findings could lead to new therapy for spinal cord injury-induced spasticity and rigidity
Spasticity can vary greatly in how it affects someone — it may be as mild as the feeling of tightness of your muscles or may be so severe that it causes painful, uncontrollable stiffness and spasms of your extremities.
WebMD looks at the causes, symptoms and treatment of spasticity, a condition in which muscles are continuously tight or stiff.
Spasticity is a condition characterized by muscle stiffness or tightness, increased muscle tone, muscle spasms, and exaggerated reflexes among other signs and symptoms. It occurs when the normal balance of signals that regulate the contraction and relaxation of muscles are interrupted.
Spasticity is seen to be a positive feature of upper motor neuron syndrome. This is because it is due to a loss of inhibition of the lower motor neuron pathways, rather than a loss of connection to the lower motor neuron (or other pathways).