Spastisite: Fizyopatolojiden Kliniğe

Öz

Spastisite üst motor nöron lezyonuna bağlı olarak gelişen bir hareket hastalığıdır. Hıza bağlı kas tonusundaki artış olup hastanın günlük aktivitesini etkiler. Beyin ve beyin sapı lezyonlarına bağlı olarak gelişen sık nörolojik sorunlardan birisidir. Fakat spastisite klinik nörolojide en iyi bilinen motor bozukluluklardan birisi olmasına rağmen gerek tanımlanmasında, değerlendirilmesinde ve gerekse de ölçülmesinde sorunlar yaşanmaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Spastisite, Gerim refleksi, Ashworth skalası

Spasticity: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Practice

Abstract

Spasticity is a movement disorder developing after an upper motor neuron lesion. It consists of velocityrelated muscle tonus increase and thus it affects the daily lives of the patients. Spasticity is quite a common disorder and can develop due to various kinds of lesions in the brain and spinal cord. Although spasticity is a well-known clinical entity, its definition, assessment and measurement create challenges for researchers in this field

Keywords

• Spasticity, Stretch reflex, Ashworth scale

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