By J. Glen House, MD
Spasticity is a condition that commonly occurs after a spinal cord injury that occurs at T12 and above. It is associated with an upper motor neuron injury and can occur in individuals with a complete or an incomplete spinal cord injury. Spasticity is best described by an increase in muscle tone (difficulty moving an arm or leg through its range of motion), increase in reflexes (when a physician taps on a tendon), involuntary movements and the presence of clonus (i.e., foot placed on the ground continues to beat up and down).
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