For many stroke survivors, recovery is derailed by painful muscle stiffness and involuntary spasms that limit movement, ...

You're relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching. Or perhaps it's a muscle in your arm, your leg, or ...

Background OnabotulinumtoxinA has demonstrated significant benefit in adult focal spasticity. This study reviews the injection patterns (i.e., muscle distribution, dosing) of onabotulinumtoxinA for ...

For many stroke survivors, recovery is derailed by painful muscle stiffness and involuntary spasms that limit movement, ...

Dry needling has emerged as a minimally invasive intervention utilised in neurorehabilitation to manage spasticity, particularly following stroke. This technique involves the insertion of fine needles ...

Spasticity occurs when the muscles involuntarily contract or become stiff. It is most often caused by a neurological disorder and can significantly affect a person’s mobility and ability to perform ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is a promising strategy for reestablishing walking after spinal cord injury, recent studies show. But for patients suffering from muscle spasms, the ...

Poor sleep, difficulty moving and injuries from hitting something accidentally are just some of the challenges faced by suffers of often-painful involuntary muscle spasms. However, a new study ...

Cerebral palsy can cause muscle spasms and many other hypertonic symptoms. The symptoms can be treated in a variety of ways, often starting with physical therapy. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of ...

In cerebral palsy (CP), the spastic motor type is most common, associated with a velocity-dependent increase in muscle stiffness that precedes the development of fixed muscle contracture. In ...

As the opioid crisis continues in America, more and more doctors are steering away from prescribing opioid medications as a treatment for pain. Since 1999, more than 932,000 people have died from a ...