
Spasticity: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Spasticity is a disruption in muscle movement patterns that causes certain muscles to contract all at once when you try to move or even at rest. The muscles remain contracted and resist being stretched.
Spasticity - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Spasticity is abnormal muscle tightness due to prolonged muscle contraction.
What Is Spasticity? - WebMD
May 8, 2025 · Spasticity is a condition that causes your muscles to stiffen, tighten, and contract. It happens involuntarily, which means you don’t have control over it.
Spasticity - Wikipedia
Spasticity (from Greek spasmos- 'drawing, pulling') is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance with a combination of paralysis, increased tendon reflex activity, and hypertonia. It is also colloquially …
Spasticity | Fact Sheets | Yale Medicine
Spasticity is a condition in which muscles become stiff or tight, making movement difficult or less fluid. It is marked by an involuntary, velocity-dependent increase in muscle tone, which means that the …
Spasticity: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Feb 11, 2025 · Spasticity is stiff or rigid muscles. It may also be called unusual tightness or increased muscle tone. Reflexes (for example, a knee-jerk reflex) are stronger or exaggerated. The condition …
Spasticity - Kaiser Permanente
Spasticity usually occurs because of damage to the part of the brain or spinal cord that controls voluntary movement. It's often the result of a spinal cord injury, a stroke, or a disease such as …
Spasticity - UF Health
Definition Spasticity is stiff or rigid muscles. It may also be called unusual tightness or increased muscle tone. Reflexes (for example, a knee-jerk reflex) are stronger or exaggerated. The condition can …
Spasticity - PM&R KnowledgeNow
Nov 21, 2024 · Spasticity is a motor disorder classically defined by velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes resulting from an upper motor neuron lesion, presenting as intermittent or sustained …
Spasticity | Neurological Surgery - Weill Cornell
Spasticity is a movement disorder in which muscles are abnormally contracted, resulting in stiffness, rigidity, jerky motions, awkward posture and limb positions, and speech problems. Spasticity can …