Spasticity is when muscles are continuously tight or stiff. Spasticity occurs commonly in multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and brain injury.
Random/confused brain signals that force involuntary muscle movements. It is also known as 'Spasticity'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasticity
Local injections of botulinum toxin can selectively weaken overactive muscles in dystonia and spasticity. Destruction of peripheral nerves through injection of phenol can reduce spasticity
Random/confused brain signals that force involuntary muscle movements. It is also known as 'Spasticity'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasticity
Oral medications are typically most useful in patients with mild, widespread spasticity, or those for whom sedation is not a problem.
Spinal cord injury prevents the brain from telling the muscle to relax. The result is prolonged muscle contraction or spasticity.
Drugs that are agonists for the GABA receptor (such as benzodiazepines) are better treatment options for different forms of spasticity, rather than GABA itself.
Some synonyms of the word spasticity are: Anomalistic, different, bizzare, deviating, strange, uncommon, unnatural, weird, queer, odd, irregular, atypical, to name a few.
Related words to spasticity movement disorder is muscular hypertonicity which is the medical word for it. Also muscles are realted to the word because they are the main cause. Nervous system is a word closely related also. Spasticity movements are uncontrolled tightening of the muscles due to a failure in the response of the muscular nerves.
Signs/symptoms include progressive macrocephaly (large head), psychomotor regression, spasticity , and seizures . The less common juvenile and adult forms have a slower clinical course, present with ataxia and spasticity
Nutritional supplements can cure spasticity in various ways. The supplements will provide nutrients which will relieve the pain that is found around the muscle area and also ease the tension among other ways.
diazepam (valium)