Spasticity After Stroke: Why Bother?
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After a stroke, many patients suffer from spasticity of the arm that cause pain
and impaired sensorimotor function. Now, there are ways of identifying such
patients ahead of time so that they can obtain the earliest possible
treatment.(Early identification will do no fucking good
because there is no cure for spasticity and specialists will be able to do
nothing.)
The findings are published in the journal Neurology.
Spasticity and related complications are relatively common after stroke, leading to poorer joint range of motion, greater pain, and less sensitivity in the arm 1 year later.
Arve Opheim, MD, Sahlgrenska Academy, and the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Swede, and colleagues found that the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale, a sensorimotor test performed during the first month after stroke, predicts with a fairly high degree of accuracy the patients who will develop spasticity within 1 year.
A total of 117 patients from Gothenburg with an average age of 67 years participated in the study. All of them had experienced poorer sensorimotor function in the arm 3 days after first-ever stroke. Upper limb sensorimotor function, spasticity and joint range of motion were monitored over the following year.
“Our findings suggest that systematic examinations of sensorimotor function can identify patients at risk of developing spasticity so that they can obtain early treatment,”(There is no treatment!) said Dr. Opheim. “Opportunities for minimising pain, impaired function and other repercussions of spasticity will inevitably follow.”
SOURCE: University of Gothenburg
The findings are published in the journal Neurology.
Spasticity and related complications are relatively common after stroke, leading to poorer joint range of motion, greater pain, and less sensitivity in the arm 1 year later.
Arve Opheim, MD, Sahlgrenska Academy, and the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Swede, and colleagues found that the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale, a sensorimotor test performed during the first month after stroke, predicts with a fairly high degree of accuracy the patients who will develop spasticity within 1 year.
A total of 117 patients from Gothenburg with an average age of 67 years participated in the study. All of them had experienced poorer sensorimotor function in the arm 3 days after first-ever stroke. Upper limb sensorimotor function, spasticity and joint range of motion were monitored over the following year.
“Our findings suggest that systematic examinations of sensorimotor function can identify patients at risk of developing spasticity so that they can obtain early treatment,”(There is no treatment!) said Dr. Opheim. “Opportunities for minimising pain, impaired function and other repercussions of spasticity will inevitably follow.”
SOURCE: University of Gothenburg
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