Background: Assessment of muscle tone is of great importance for evaluating people with spinal injuries. Objective: To translate and adapt the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) to Brazilian Portuguese and ...
Stroke remains one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide, affecting millions each year. Among its most debilitating consequences is gait impairment, which affects over 80% of stroke ...
Importance Limb spasticity is a common issue among stroke patients. Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) is recommended as an alternative therapy for managing upper limb spasticity ...
Abstract: Spasticity is a common neuromuscular abnormality following upper motor neuron lesions. Conventionally, spasticity is assessed through manual clinical scales, which have limitations due to ...
Physical Therapy Products Editor Melanie Hamilton-Basich recently interviewed Anand Patel, Global Pipeline Therapeutic Neurotoxin Lead at AbbVie, about the company’s new PSS Referral Tool that uses ...