...Francisco Alberto Villegas-López; Armando Armas-Salazar; Jesús Q. Beltrán; Noé Téllez-León; Ana Arellano-Alcántara; José Luis Navarro-Olvera; José Damián Carrillo-Ruiz Background: Surgical interventions for spasticity aim to improve motor function and pain in cases that are refractory to medical...

...Bernardo Assumpção de Monaco; Arthur José Maia Lopes; Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira Dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesioning is still used as a choice of treatment for some painful conditions as well as spasticity in selected patients. The most commonly used techniques to perform DREZotomy...

...Shala G. Berntsson; Helena Gauffin; Atle Melberg; Anders Holtz; Anne Marie Landtblom Background: Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) treatment is considered a powerful tool in the management of severe spasticity in neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and traumatic spinal cord...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Dorsal root entry zone Spasticity Lesioning procedures Microsurgical DREZotomy Functional neurosurgery Dystonia...

...Andrey V. Dekopov; Vladimir A. Shabalov; Aleksey A. Tomsky; Mariya V. Hit; Ekaterina M. Salova Objectives: The aim of this investigation is to assess the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in different groups of patients with spasticity of different origin. Materials and Methods...

...Bunpot Sitthinamsuwan; Kannachod Chanvanitkulchai; Luckchai Phonwijit; Sarun Nunta-aree; Witsanu Kumthornthip; Teerada Ploypetch Background: The authors frequently employed selective peripheral neurotomy (SPN) as the primary treatment of severe intractable focal and multifocal spastic hypertonia...

... suffering from severe proximal lower limb spasticity. Objective: To study the surgical outcome of sciatic and obturator neurotomies. Methods: All patients with refractory hamstring spasticity who encountered SPN on the hamstring nerve were recruited. Obturator neurotomy was undertaken in some individuals...

...Bunpot Sitthinamsuwan; Kannachod Chanvanitkulchai; Sarun Nunta-aree; Witsanu Kumthornthip; Apichart Pisarnpong; Teerada Ploypetch Background: Harmful generalized spasticity is an obstacle in rehabilitation and caregiving. Neurosurgical intervention is a therapeutic option for patients with severe...

...Angelo Franzini; Roberto Cordella; Vittoria Nazzi; Giovanni Broggi This report describes the long-term follow-up of chronic stimulation of the posterior limb of the internal capsule (IC) adjacent to the sensory thalamus in an elderly patient who suffered pain and spasticity in the left leg due...

... in intractable pain reduces the therapeutic benefit of the stereotactic pulvinolysis. Concerning dyskinetic syndromes, the pulvinar does not seem to play an important role in spasticity, while its role in other dyskinetic syndromes can be questionable. 30 5 2007 © 1975 S. Karger AG, Basel 1975...

...A. Benedetti; C. Carbonin; F. Colombo A tetraspastic patient with upper limb dyskinesias was subjected to a two-stage bilateral complete C 1 –C 3 and selective C 4 –C 7 posterior cervical rhizotomy. The operation was successful in that it markedly reduced the spasticity and ensured recovery of fine...

...J. Siegfried; J.-U. Krainick; H. Haas; C. Adorjani; M. Meyer; U. Thoden Spinal cord stimulation seems today a promising method to improve spasticity. The experiences of two different clinics (Zürich and Freiburg i.Br.) are reported with long-term assessment up to 28 months. The objective data...

.... Cerebellar stimulation Evoked potentials Spasticity Involuntary movements Dystonia Cerebral palsy Multiple sclerosis Appl. Neurophysiol. 40: 160-174 (1977/78) Physiological and Histological Effects of Cerebellar Stimulation Sanford J. L arson, A n th o n y Sances, jr., D avid C. H em m y, E d w ard...

...Ross Davis; Robert F. Cullen Jr.; Marc A. Flitter; Danilo Duenas; Howard Engle; Oscar Papazian; Bonita Weis By stimulating the medial aspect of the superior surface of the cerebellum with relatively short, low current stimulating pulses, spasticity and some involuntary movements have been reduced...

... stimulation Cerebellum Stimulator Cerebral palsy Spasticity Athetosis Epilepsy © 1977 S. Karger AG, Basel 1977 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any...

...J. Siegfried; Y. Lazorthes; G. Broggi Clinical results of electrical stimulation of the spinal cord at three different clinics are reported for 53 patients suffering from different spastic movement disorders out of a series of 164 cases tested transitorily. Two-thirds of the cases were multiple...

...Albrecht Struppler; Elisabeth Struppler In spastic patients suffering from spastic paresis on one side the degree of spasticity on the background of isometric innervation was investigated with a new self-constructed torque motor. It offers the opportunity to analyze how external forces can...

...E.A. Spiegel Description of the pathway probably related to relief of pain and spasticity and improvement of cerebellar function induced by stimulation of posterior column is presented. 4 5 2007 © 1980 S. Karger AG, Basel 1980 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cerebellar stimulation Cerebellum Chronic brain stimulation Spasticity Epilepsy Meeting of the Amer. Soc. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Houston 1980 Appl. Neurophysio...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Spasticity Spinal cord stimulation H-reflex Proc. 8th Meeting World Soc. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Part I, Zurich 1981 Appl. Neurophysiol. 45: 62-67...