Spasticity

Abnormal muscle tightness, stiffness, muscular hypertonicity, exaggerated tendon reflexes, and increased resistance to passive movement, typically resulting from upper motor neuron lesions.

Causes

• Traumatic brain injury

• Brain anoxia

• Brain tumor

• Cerebral palsy

• Stroke

• Multiple sclerosis

• Spinal cord injury

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

• Spinal cord compression

• Hereditary spastic paraplegia