spasticity
Americannoun
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In advanced cases, patients may have limited mobility and experience spasticity, weakness, poor coordination and incontinence.
From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023
"Cerebral palsy is literally classified as spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, which basically means that like I have spasticity, or tightness, in my legs specifically," she says,
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2022
The panel also dismissed multiple medical studies suggesting that the drug has value in treating chronic pain and spasticity.
From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2015
FDA has approved GW Pharma's Sativex for seizure treatment and MS spasticity.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014
At first the paralysed muscles are flaccid, but spasticity soon develops.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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