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Affecting of Spastic Dystonia of the Hock in Upper Motoneuron Syndrome
VALIŠOVÁ, Alena
This bachelor thesis describes an issue of Spastic Dystonia of the Hock which appears as a result of upper motor neuron damage. Spastic dystonia is unphysiological of posture in motionlessness and can be seen at the first sight. Wrong posture of the limb limits the patient in his usual activities of daily living or in walk. So it is not just cosmetic problem but fault of function and movement limitation. Due to spastic dystonia the contracture and the pain appears which we are trying to lower with the right treatment as much as we can. The hock, the spastic dystonia and its causes and treatment are described in theoretical part of this work as well as physiotherapy intervention possibilities. It emphasizes the combination of treatment by botulotoxin injections and physiotherapy as of the main methods used to reduction of spastic dystonia. The course of the therapy itself is described in the practical part of this study. The last goal of this study was to find out the subjective patient's evaluation of the treatment for which the GAS scale was used. The sample of the patients in the trial is made of 10, 6 women and 4 men, with spastic dystonia of the hock in the age of 17 - 71 years old. The outcome of the tests which were made one month after application in time of the biggest effect of the botulinum toxin. The improvement of the patients here can be seen. But not at all of them in the same amount and not in all evaluated items.
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The effect of prolonged stretching on spastic muscle contracture before and after Botulinum toxin A application
Miňová, Zuzana ; Hojková, Klára (advisor) ; Kövári, Martina (referee)
A large proportion of patients with central motoneuron lesions is at risk of spastic paresis and formation of contractures. One of the therapeutic techniques used in patients with spastic paresis is prolonged stretching. The theoretical part summarizes the knowledge regarding spastic paresis, its clinical evaluation, the development of contractures and therapeutic interventions, especially botulinum toxin (BTX) and stretching. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of prolonged stretching on spastic muscle contracture before and after BTX application. In our retrospective comparative study there were included 30 patients divided into two groups. The first group consisted of 15 patients performing prolonged stretching of the m. rectus femoris (m. RF) for three months according to Guided Self-rehabilitation Contract of Professor J. M. Gracies. The second group (15 patients) performing the same procedure, but at the same time BTX was injected into the m. RF. We monitored the change in passive knee joint range of motion into flexion and the change in 10MWT time. Statistical evaluation showed that the difference in knee joint range of motion after three months of performing prolonged stretching was statistically insignificant (p=0.194). The difference in knee joint range of motion after...
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The effect of progressive static stretching on treatment of spastic paraparesis in patients with cerebral palsy
Prachařová, Eva ; Říha, Michal (advisor) ; Malá, Jitka (referee)
Title: The effect of progressive static stretching on treatment of spastic paraparesis in patients with cerebral palsy Objectives: The goal of this dissertation is to evaluate the effect of progressive static stretching on treatment of spastic paraparesis in patients with paraparetic form of cerebral palsy (CP). Elements chosen for the treatment were those of the therapeutic concept Guided Self-rehabilitation Contract by French professor Jean-Michel Gracies, which is presented in detail in the theoretical part of the dissertation. Methodology: This dissertation has a theoretical-empirical character. First theoretical part of the dissertation is in a form of a research on the topic of spasticity and diagnosis and treatment of spastic paresis according to the concept of J.-M. Gracies. Second experimental part of the dissertation evaluating the effect of the selected treatment for spastic paresis in people with cerebral palsy, has a form of pilot qualitative research, which was attended by 6 participants. At the beginning of the research each participant has undergone an entrance examination that evaluated spasticity using at first an unique assessing protocol Five step clinical assessment and consequently a surface electromyography. Based on this examination, each participant was instructed to follow...
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