Neurológia pre prax 1/2015
Spasticity - clinical scales
Central motoneuron lesion is manifested by negative and positive signs, that lead to an increased muscle tone and to an increased muscle acitivity. On the development of clinical picture of spastic paresis there are participating as fibroelastic muscle components just as increased muscle activity - stretch sensitive spasticity, spastic dystonia, co-contraction, flexion and extension spasms. For desciption of spastic paresis there are used various scales, that inable substantially more detailed evaluation of clinical finding and long-term monitoring.
Keywords: spastic paresis, spastic dystonia, cocontraction, clinical scales.
