Anthony Thomas "TJ" Hoover had reportedly been declared brain dead after suffering a cardiac arrest caused by a drug overdose ...

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 ...

Acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) is a novel therapeutic intervention that facilitates recovery of function, but the tolerability and effectiveness have not been tested in people living with chronic ...

Abstract: Over the past two decades, numerous hand exoskeletons have been developed for rehabilitation scenarios, yet very few have the capability to assess spasticity. This paper introduces a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ivan picked up a controller as soon as he was big enough to do so, and never let go since. For the past 20 years, games and writing is something that he was always passionate about. With a Bachelor's ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the label for Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) in adults for the treatment of upper limb spasticity — a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) — ...

Introduction: Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is the most common pain disorder after stroke with incidence estimates of 30–70% and associated with reductions in function, interference with ...