Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why is spasticity important? / Allison Brashear and Elie Elovic -- Epidemiology of spasticity in the adult and child / John R. McGuire -- Spasticity and other signs of the upper motor neuron syndrome / Nathaniel H. Mayer -- Ancillary findings associated with spasticity / Cindy B. Ivanhoe -- Measurement tools and treatment outcomes in patients with spasticity / Omar Gomez-Medina and Elie Elovic -- Assessment of spasticity in upper extremity / Thomas Watanabe -- Assessment of spasticity and other consequences of the upper motor neuron syndrome affecting the lower limb / Alberto Esquenazi -- Setting realistic and meaningful goals for treatment / Elie Elovic -- Chemoneurolysis with phenol and alcohol : a "dying art" that merits revival / Lawrence J. Horn, Gurtej Singh, and Edward R. Dabrowski -- Botulinum toxin in the treatment of lower limb spasticity / Alberto Esquenazi -- Botulinum toxin in the treatment of upper limb spasticity / Allison Brashear -- Anatomical correlation of common patterns of spasticity / Mayank Pathak and Daniel Truong -- The role of physical and occupational therapy in the evaluation and management of spasticity / Robert Shingleton, Jonathan H. Kinzinger, and Elie Elovic -- Emerging technologies in the management of upper motor neuron syndromes / Ira Rashbaum and Steven R. Flanagan --

Pharmacologic management of spasticity : oral medications / Jay M. Meythaler and Scott Kowalski -- Intrathecal baclofen for spasticity / Michael Saulino ... [et al.] -- Surgery in the management of spasticity / David A. Fuller -- Diagnostic evaluation of adult patients with spasticity / Geoffrey Sheean -- Overview of genetic causes of spasticity in adults and children / Donald McCorquordale III and Stephan Z�uchner -- Spasticity affecting those with neuromuscular diseases : pathology, epidemiology, and treatment / Rachel M. Dolhun and Peter D. Donofrio -- Spasticity due to disease of the spinal cord : pathophysiology, epidemiology, and treatment / Heather W. Walker and Steven Kirshblum -- Spasticity due to multiple sclerosis : epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment / Anjali Shah and Ian Maitin -- Spasticity due to stroke pathophysiology / Anthony B. Ward and Surendra Bandi -- Spasticity in traumatic brain injury / Ross Zafonte, Stephanie Co, and Anath Srikrishnan -- Evaluation, treatment planning, and nonsurgical treatment of cerebral palsy / Ann Tilton -- Surgical management of spasticity in the child with cerebral palsy / Kat Kolaski, John Frino, and L.A. Koman -- Animal models of spasticity / Patrick Harvey Kitzman.

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