Active clinical trials for "Muscle Hypertonia"

The goal of this study is to evaluate a top-rated Prague rehabilitation school´s method. Part of Prague rehabilitation school is called Mojžíšová Method, which is mainly used for the treatment of back pain and woman´s non-structural sterility. This method offers an original, innovative way, how to mobilize 1.- 7. costo-sternal joints. This type of mobilization is very effective, fast and safe and probably widely used only in the Czech Republic. Mojžíšová method uses the excentric force of patients pectoral muscle, passive stretch and shoulder joint internal rotation. According to Mojžíšová, If one of the ribs joints has dysfunction (limited range of motion), there can be found higher sensitivity of this joint, certain muscle reflex spasm, hypersensitive zones and joint dysfunction. Probably the last study evaluating this method was made in the 1990s.

This study will classify types of hypertonia in patients with cerebral palsy and determine if the classifications are reasonable in relation to the functional task of walking. Hypertonia is an abnormal increase in muscle tension. It is a common symptom of cerebral palsy that can lead to loss of function and deformity. This study may help scientists improve evaluation criteria for hypertonia and, ultimately, treatment results. Patients with cerebral palsy who are older than 6 years of age may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a medical history and clinical evaluation. Participants are asked to walk in the lab while cameras record their movement. During this test, subjects wear a t-shirt and shorts with their arms and legs wrapped with a soft, rubber-like material. A piece of firm material is attached to the rubber sleeves and small plastic reflective balls are attached to the firm material. Balls may also be attached to the skin, using an adhesive. With the balls in place, the subject walks several times while cameras record the positions of the balls. In addition, small metal electrodes attached to the skin with an adhesive measure the electrical activity in the muscles. After the walking test is completed, subjects' leg muscle strength is measured with a special device while they perform three activities. First, they sit on a special chair with their leg and foot placed in an apparatus that measures their strength, then lie on their back, then on their stomach, and then stand on one foot holding a bar to balance during part of one activity. During the activities, their reflexes are tested, they are asked to move their legs, and their legs are moved for them.

In chronic hemiparesis, abnormal antagonist muscle activation in the paretic lower limb contributes to impair ambulation capacities. A biased estimate of antagonist muscle activation when using surface bipolar EMG compared with high-density (HD) EMG has been previously reported in healthy subjects. The present study compares muscles cocontraction at the paretic ankle estimated with a pair of and multi-channel surface EMG.

In children requiring botulinum toxin injections, improving supervisory procedures of injection sessions to reduce pain and improve the experience of this invasive procedure is needed. The intervention of medical clowns seems very interesting in this goal, but its effectiveness has not been proven within the botulinum toxin injections. The objective of the study is to evaluate in terms of profit the presence or absence of clowns during a session of botulinum toxins by determining their impact on pain and anxiety felt among children and their carers

This non interventional, multicentric, uncontrolled, prospective, observational study was planned to observe the course of disease in subjects with ISH, who were treated with Eneas.

The objective of this clinical study is to evaluate the influence of the Great autohemotherapy with oxygen-ozone (hyperbaric ozone therapy ) to describe the cardiovascular system in patients with resistant hypertension. The primary endpoint is the change in mean blood pressure after 10 treatments . In addition, data are collected on the immune system as well as for food and sleep quality.

The aim is to assess the influence of asymmetric training on the locomotor system in sweep rowers. To analyse possible changes objectively, the axial position of the hull will be assessed using Moiré topography, and the symmetry of foot loading will be monitored with a pedobarograph. Furthermore, the Visual Analog scale and Cluster of Laslett will determine whether an asymmetric load can provoke pain in the lumbar region or cause a blockage in the SI joint. In the experimental study, there will be three different groups of participants. Selected sweep rowers will make the first study group. The second group will consist of scull rowers, and the last control group will consist of people with no experience with rowing. The selected participants will undergo the first measurement at the turn of the spring and summer seasons when intensive preparation for rowing competitions begins, in which sweep rowers train mainly on water and asymmetrically. The measurement results in the three groups will be further compared with each other to evaluate whether statistically significant differences can be found.

The purpose of this study is to improve spasticity diagnosis through development of a simple physical examination guide for primary care providers to identify patients who would benefit from being referred to a movement disorders neurologist for a spasticity evaluation.

The purpose of this study is to improve spasticity diagnosis through exploration of potential new diagnostic markers for spasticity that can assist in diagnosis and referral.

A handheld surface electromyography device will be tested by clinicians on children with limb hypertonia, and inter-rater reliability will be assessed with and without the device.