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(Created page with "=== Clinic === *Spasticity is a condition in which there is Muscular Hypertonia / Muscle-stiffness. *It might interfere with movement, speech, or Discomfort / Pain. *It is usually caused by damage to UMN and is one of the components of UMN syndrome. *It is often used interchangeably with hypertonia. *It is dependent on the Muscle speed and range of motion and manifests itself when the muscle contracts at high speed. This mea...") |
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=== Clinic === | === Clinic === | ||
*Spasticity is | *Spasticity is an [[Entities list|entity]], characterized by Muscular Hypertonia / Muscle-stiffness. | ||
*It might interfere with movement, speech, or Discomfort / Pain. | *It might interfere with movement, speech, or Discomfort / Pain. | ||
*It is usually caused by damage to [[ | *It is usually caused by damage to [[Upper Motot Neuron|UMN]]. | ||
*It is often used interchangeably with hypertonia. | *It is often used interchangeably with [[hypertonia]]. | ||
*It is dependent on the Muscle speed and range of motion and manifests itself when the muscle contracts at high speed. This means that when the speed and amplitude of contraction exceeds the threshold, Spasticity occurs | *It is dependent on the Muscle speed and range of motion and manifests itself when the muscle contracts at high speed. This means that when the speed and amplitude of contraction exceeds the threshold, Spasticity occurs | ||
*It | === Diagnostic Characters === | ||
*Asymmetric: Because it involves the antagonist muscles | |||
*Velocity-dependent: It increases tonic stretch reflexes and tendon jerks, resulting from hyper-excitability of the [[Stretch reflex miasms|stretch reflex]] | |||
*Strength dependent: Increasing the strength of muscle stretch reflex causes the muscle to contract with greater intensity and power in response to stretching, and this contraction has a direct relationship with the strength of stretching. In this condition, spasticity is occurred. | |||
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Spasticity has two analogues | Spasticity has two analogues | ||
# [[Rigidity miasms|Rigidity]]: Spasticity is | # [[Rigidity miasms|Rigidity]]: Spasticity is Velocity-dependent but rigidity is not | ||
# [[Spasm miasms|Spasm]] | # [[Spasm miasms|Spasm]] | ||
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=== Related entities === | === Related entities === | ||
* [[ | * [[Clonous]] | ||
* [[Fasciculation]] | |||
* Myoclonus | |||
* Twitching | |||
=== Related disease === | |||
* [[Parkinson disease]] | |||
=== [[Miasm list|Miasms]] === | === [[Miasm list|Miasms]] === | ||
Revision as of 22:41, 11 April 2023
Clinic
- Spasticity is an entity, characterized by Muscular Hypertonia / Muscle-stiffness.
- It might interfere with movement, speech, or Discomfort / Pain.
- It is usually caused by damage to UMN.
- It is often used interchangeably with hypertonia.
- It is dependent on the Muscle speed and range of motion and manifests itself when the muscle contracts at high speed. This means that when the speed and amplitude of contraction exceeds the threshold, Spasticity occurs
Diagnostic Characters
- Asymmetric: Because it involves the antagonist muscles
- Velocity-dependent: It increases tonic stretch reflexes and tendon jerks, resulting from hyper-excitability of the stretch reflex
- Strength dependent: Increasing the strength of muscle stretch reflex causes the muscle to contract with greater intensity and power in response to stretching, and this contraction has a direct relationship with the strength of stretching. In this condition, spasticity is occurred.
Analogues
Spasticity has two analogues
Related entities
- Clonous
- Fasciculation
- Myoclonus
- Twitching
Related disease