Life-changing events may bring immense challenges such as spasticity, a complication of certain neurological conditions that can greatly interfere with your everyday life. At Craig H. Neilsen ...

In cerebral palsy (CP), the spastic motor type is most common, associated with a velocity-dependent increase in muscle stiffness that precedes the development of fixed muscle contracture. In ...

Panelists discuss how disease progression despite treatment in older patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) may be due to natural aging effects combined with SMA, not necessarily treatment ...

Limb contractures in parkinsonian patients are extremely rare but lead to severe deformities of hands and feet . Etiology and pathogenic mechanism(s) remain unclear and are a matter of speculation, ...

Dupuytren disease (DD) is a fibroproliferative disorder of unknown etiology that often results in shortening and thickening of the palmar fascia, leading to permanent and irreversible flexion ...