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Definition
| Increased resistance to movement due to hyperactive spinal and/or brainstem reflexes following UMN lesions. |
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| What are the three major types of spasticity? |
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Definition
| Velocity sensitive, non-velocity sensitive and exacerbation by nociceptive input. |
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| What are the characterisitics of velocity sensitive spasticity? |
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Definition
| Hyperactive phasic stretch reflexes that fade with sustained stretch. |
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| There are two types of non-velocity sensitive hyperactive reflexes. What are they and what are the characteristics of each? |
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Definition
| 1. Cutaneomuscular: Get a spastic response w/ skin stroking. Fades w/ retraction of stimuli. 2. Tonic Stretch: Persists with sustained stretch. |
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| How can we as PTs influence a CP kid's hypertonicity? |
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Definition
| We can't CHANGE it. But we can change positions and implement devices to help him perform. We ACCOMODATE for the tone. |
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