spasticity…

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central nervous system, spasticity, stiff, rigid muscles, exaggerated, deep tendon reflexes, interfere, walking, movement, speech, muscle spasticity, spasticity generally results from damage, motor area, the brain, portion, the cerebral cortex that controls voluntary movement, to any portion, the subcortical white matter, nerves traveling from brain down to spinal cord, control, the muscles, central nervous system is damaged, muscle feedback pathways, spinal cord produce symptoms exaggerated deep tendon reflexes, knee-jerk reflex, scissoring, crossing, the legs, the tips of scissors would close, repetitive jerky motions, clonus, unusual posturing, carrying the shoulder, arm, wrist, finger at an abnormal angle, spasticity, interfere, speech, severe, long term spasticity, lead to contracture of muscles causing joints to be bent at a fixed position, cerebral palsy, brain damage, lack of oxygen, occur in near drowning, near suffocation, brain trauma, severe head injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, metabolic diseases, adrenoleukodystrophy, phenylketonuria, neurodegenerative illness, multiple sclerosis, demyelinating diseases, spasticity, helped by physical therapy, daily routines of exercise, muscle stretching, prevent joint contractures, help reduce the severity of symptoms of severe spasticity, physical therapy, taught to parents who, administer the care at home, spasticity, taken orally, medications include baclofen, tizanidine, benzodiazepines, a pump, inserted, spinal fluid, administered, nervous system, spasticity worsens, contracture deformities, developing, deterioration, in the condition, doctor, perform a physical exam, was it first noticed, how long has it lasted, always present, how severe is it, what muscles, what makes it better, what makes it worse, a diagnosis of spasticity, have been made following a brain injury, diagnosis of cerebral palsy, hospital setting, physical therapy consists of stretching exercises, muscle group strengthening exercises, repetitive motion exercises, improvement of accuracy, performance at given tasks, surgery, tendon release, severing, the nerve-muscle pathway.