The physical exam demonstrated generalized and painful muscle rigidity with intermittent muscle spasms, trismus, risus sardonicus, nuchal rigidity, mild opisthotonus, abdominal rigidity ...

Propofol has been utilized in adults to control muscle spasms and rigidity without neuromuscular blockade. [22] However, the drug levels utilized were closer to anesthetic than sedative ...

Spasticity is a condition in which muscles become stiff and tight from contracting for long periods. It's usually caused by conditions that affect the central nervous system, which is responsible ...

What spasticity is, is an abnormally contracted or overtight muscle. So the muscle is like this. It's like a little ball that doesn't want to be stretched. And so that's why you have stiffness.

But for patients suffering from muscle spasms, the stimulation protocols have a limited effect due to the unpredictable behaviour of involuntary muscle stiffness related to spasticity. Muscle ...

An increased rigidity of muscles due to brain or ... or be lifelong Family history may increase likelihood Spasticity occurs when muscle tension increase and one cannot hold themselves up.