“After surviving a stroke, many patients don’t realize they can go on to develop this secondary condition and it’s important to understand the signs of spasticity as it can progress and worsen over ...

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) has emerged as a promising non‐invasive technique to manage spasticity, a condition marked by heightened muscle tone and exaggerated tendon reflexes that ...

A new and deceptively simple advance in chronic stroke treatment could be a vibrating glove. Researchers at Stanford University and Georgia Tech have developed a wearable device that straps around the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense updated their clinical practice guidance for managing ...

Compared with standard intensive speech and language therapy (iSLT) alone, right-sided cervical C7 neurotomy combined with iSLT significantly improved language function in patients with chronic ...

Spasticity is a condition that affects your muscles, making them tight or stiff. This can impact your ability to perform daily activities, such as walking, eating, and talking. The condition may also ...

When people think of lingering symptoms after a stroke, things like facial paralysis or speech issues usually come to mind. But, depending on what part of the brain is affected, strokes can also cause ...

Spasticity may be a term that’s new to you, but it’s a condition that affects more than 12 million people around the world. [8] It’s a complicated condition, but simply put, it’s extreme muscle ...

(BPT) – A stroke can be a life-altering experience-one with long-term effects that can impact recovery. About 25-43% of U.S. stroke patients are affected by spasticity in the first year post-stroke.