Open AccessInvasive Physiotherapy as a Treatment of Spasticity: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Alberto Javier-Ormazábal,
Montserrat González-Platas,
Elena González-Sierra,
Marta González-Sierra
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
degenerative neurological and neuromuscular disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9900
DOI - 10.2147/dnnd.s350192
Subject(s) - spasticity , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , systematic review , medicine , medline , political science , law
Nowadays, a set of novel physiotherapy techniques have emerged, in which the physical agent used to try to reduce spasticity is applied percutaneously, specifically, through the patient's skin. The aim of this work is to encompass all the invasive techniques used in spasticity in a single article, updating the existing bibliography.