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unusual facts about Spasticity


Václav Vojta

Originally used in the treatment of spastic children, the technique is now used on babies and adults.


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Neuromyelitis optica

In 1894, Eugène Devic and his PhD student Fernand Gault described 16 patients who had lost vision in one or both eyes and within weeks developed severe spastic weakness of the limbs, loss of sensation and often bladder control.

Spastic diplegia

Phenol and similar chemical 'nerve deadeners', injected selectively into the over-firing nerves in the legs on the muscle end to reduce spasticity in their corresponding muscles by preventing the spasticity signals from reaching the legs; Phenol wears off every six months.


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