For many stroke survivors, recovery is derailed by painful muscle stiffness and involuntary spasms that limit movement, ...

Botulinum toxin therapy has emerged as a pivotal treatment in the management of spasticity, a debilitating neuromuscular condition characterised by increased muscle tone and hyperactive reflexes. By ...

Traditional stroke rehabilitation therapy focuses on restoring strength and movement to the more impaired side of the body, ...

Expert Rev Neurother. 2009;9(12):1713-1725. The first patients with squint were successfully treated in 1977 [17] and since then botulinum toxin type A delivered by local injection has been used in ...

Traditional stroke rehabilitation therapy focuses on restoring strength and movement to the more impaired side of the body, ...

“Our team has created a transgenic mouse model where we can activate specific nerves in the hind paws using blue light.” Researchers at the University of Ottawa have made a significant advancement in ...

Thanks to new high-frequency electrical stimulation that blocks spasticity, two paralyzed patients suffering from muscle stiffness after spinal cord injury benefit from rehabilitation protocols for ...

Researchers have made a significant advancement in the field of spinal cord injury research, developing a novel optogenetic mouse model that could lead to improved treatments for limb spasticity.