Brunnstrom Stages of Motor Recovery
The Brunnstrom stages of stroke recovery is one proposed model of how someone with hemiplegia will recover movement. It was developed by a physical therapist in the 1960s and proposes that this sequence of recovery falls into six loosely defined stages. The main...
What is a muscle synergy?
In the world of neurologic movement disorders, we talk a lot about “abnormal synergy patterns”. And they kind of “get a bad rap” in how they can inhibit motor (movement) recovery. But functional muscle synergies are not necessarily a bad...
What is spasticity?
Spasticity is an involuntary muscle contraction caused by a hyperexcitability of the reflex arc that occurs due to damage to the brain or the spinal cord. Huh?? Yeah, agreed. Ok, I get it, keep it simple. Did you ever wonder why your leg seems to spaz out for no...Products
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