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Fall 2016
This thesis discusses the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neuromotor impairments in people with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Ninety percent of people with CP have spastic CP and 60% have bilateral motor impairments. The first two chapters introduce CP and review the mechanisms known to...
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Neuronal Mechanisms of Hyperexcitability in Individuals with Spasticity after Spinal Cord Injury and Individuals with Bruxism
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Motoneuron hyperexcitability is a characteristic of several different motor disorders. We examined neuronal mechanisms of hyperexcitability in two of these disorders: spasticity after spinal cord injury (SCI) and bruxism. Involuntary muscle spasms after SCI occur as a result of uncontrolled...