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Evaluation of Spasticity in Adults

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Often preferable to flaccid paralysis, spasticity must not be considered a disease that must be treated at all cost. It needs to be reduced only when it interferes with the patient’s residual functional capacities. The aims of evaluation are to recognize the spastic components among the other various neurologic disorders that contribute to disability and to establish the extent to which spasticity is harmful in each examined patient.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Lyon 1 Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, GHE, Lyon, France

    Marc Sindou M.D., D.Sc., George Georgoulis M.D. & Patrick Mertens M.D., Ph.D.

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Sindou, M., Georgoulis, G., Mertens, P. (2014). Evaluation of Spasticity in Adults. In: Neurosurgery for Spasticity. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1771-2_4

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