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Spasticity is one of the main consequences of stroke, and is a distinctive characteristic of hemiplegia. Spasticity is a phenomenon that is often encountered with "muscular hypertonicity". Most experts agree that Spasticity, and therefore hypertonicity, is one of the...

The extent to which a patient can recover following a stroke is one of the first questions that requires an answer, and unfortunately it's one of the questions that the even experts in the field have trouble answering. Nevertheless, I will try to give you an answer,...

Left hemiplegia is the paralysis of the left part of the body after a lesion of the right hemisphere of the brain (non-dominant hemisphere) caused by a stroke or lack of oxygen. The right side of the brain controls the movements of the left side of the body, in this...

Cerebral ischemia is one of the leading causes of stroke, and is caused by a lack of blood flow to the brain (ischemia). The blood circulation is interrupted due to the obstruction of an artery, which is responsible for nourishing the brain tissue. Cerebral ischemia...

There are little things that can be done during the course of the day in order to render the post-stroke rehabilitation and recovery process more productive. In fact, particular attention should be paid to the management of the hand affected by hemiparesis. In many...

    The Perfetti Method is a rehabilitative approach that was developed in the 1960s by Italian Professor Carlo Perfetti. It is currently the best rehabilitative response to the effects of stroke, hemiplegia, and spasticity. The Perfetti Method is also known...

To understand a little hemiplegia we must know that it is a paralysis of the half of the body, usually the compromised side is the opposite of the hemisphere that has been affected by the LCA, this happens because our pyramid route (our information highway) is...