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Prolonged muscular flaccidity: frequency and association with unilateral spatial neglect after stroke
Author(s) -
Formisano R.,
Barbanti P.,
Catarci T.,
Vuono G.,
Calisse P.,
Razzano C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1993.tb05349.x
Subject(s) - neglect , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , stroke (engine) , spasticity , population , spontaneous recovery , cardiology , physical therapy , anesthesia , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering
The frequency of prolonged muscular flaccidity (PMF) was examined in a series of stroke patients in chronic phase suffering from hemiplegia with minimal spontaneous recovery (MSR). The results indicated that in such a population with poor motor recovery, PMF was significantly more frequent than spasticity. PMF was found to be associated with left‐sided hemiplegia and unilateral spatial neglect. The minimal spontaneous recovery of the series of stroke patients we studied could be dependent on the interaction of three negative prognostic factors: left sided hemiplegia, unilateral spatial neglect and prolonged muscular flaccidity.