To illustrate this process, consider the dysfunction of the right knee of the young man (SR) with cerebral palsy spastic diplegia (Video 3). One can readily appreciate from the video presentation that ...

Chronic muscle spasticity after nervous system defects like stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis and painful low back pain affect more than 10% of the population, with a ...

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Correspondence to ...

Objectives To compare the force and stretch demands experienced by the hamstrings during seven resistance training rehabilitation exercises and progressively increasing running speeds. Methods A cross ...

Spastic cerebral palsy is a disorder that involves muscle stiffness. Symptoms and signs may include difficulty walking, trouble manipulating objects, and vision, hearing, or speech challenges.

Muscle spasticity, a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS), can make everyday movements feel stiff, tight, and painful. Stretching is one way to help reduce some of that discomfort, improve ...