Spasticity
- Spasticity is a motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes with exaggerated tendon jerks, resulting from hyperexcitability of the stretch reflex. Spasticity is one component of the upper motor neuron syndrome.
Source: Umphred, D.A. (2001). Neurological Rehabilitation. 4th Ed. U.S.A.: Mosby, Inc.
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- Spasticity is a motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes with exaggerated tendon jerks, resulting from hyperexcitability of the stretch reflex. Spasticity is one component of the upper motor neuron syndrome.
Source: Umphred, D.A. (2001). Neurological Rehabilitation. 4th Ed. U.S.A.: Mosby, Inc.
