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Spasticity is a condition in which there is an abnormal increase in muscle tone or stiffness of muscle, which may interfere with movement, speech, or be associated with discomfort or pain.
Spasticity is usually caused by damage to nerve pathways within the brain or spinal cord that control muscle movement. It may occur in association with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, acquired brain injury, and a variety of degenerative diseases of the brain.
Symptoms may include increased muscle tone (hypertonicity), clonus (a series of rapid muscle contractions), exaggerated tendon reflexes, muscle spasms, scissoring (involuntary crossing of the legs), and fixed joints (contractures). The degree of spasticity varies from mild muscle stiffness to severe, painful, and uncontrollable muscle spasms.
Spasticity can interfere with rehabilitation in patients with certain disorders, and often interferes with daily activities.
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University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
9th December 2021University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex) was formed on 1 April 2021. The Trust was created by a merger of Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, running hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath, and Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, running hospitals in Shoreham-by-Sea, Worthing and Chichester. It is an acute teaching hospital trust working across five main …
Read moreWestern Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
5th August 2020Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 450,000 people across a catchment area covering most of West Sussex. The Trust runs three hospitals: St.Richard’s Hospital in Chichester, Southlands Hospital in Shoreham-by-Sea and Worthing Hospital in the centre of Worthing. We became an NHS Foundation Trust on 1 July 2013, just over four years after the organisation …
Read moreSussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
17th July 2020Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS that provides community services to patients in Sussex. It is houses in several sites across the county. The sections or departments that provide services to people with disabilities include the following: Community Equipment Service – West Sussex Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (Brighton & Hove) Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (Bognor Regis) …
Read moreDonald Wilson House Rehabilitation Centre – Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
13th August 2019A specialist centre, working to help adults who are neurologically disabled through accident or illness, to live independently as possible.
Read moreSussex Rehabilitation Out-Patient Service – Brighton and Hove
13th August 2019The service provides assessment, treatment and advice to people with neurological impairment, including stoke, traumatic brain injury and Multiple Sclerosis.
Read moreSussex Rehabilitation Centre (Level 2a) – University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
9th August 2019Post acute neuro rehab for people with a Sussex GP who have a new diagnosis of acquired brain injury that cannot be managed in the community.
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