How to Use spasticity in a Sentence

spasticity

noun
  • The drug is most useful for back and neck muscle spasms and spasticity, Hale said.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • With spasticity, a person's muscles stiffen or tighten and can't be stretched.
    — Jackie Borchardt, The Enquirer, 14 May 2021
  • With spasticity or severe muscle spasms, a person's muscles stiffen or tighten and can't be stretched.
    — Jackie Borchardt, The Enquirer, 10 June 2021
  • The research pointed to its ability to help with pain, nausea, and spasticity, for example.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Tone reduction or spasticity is so common, and these technologies combat that.
    — Meghan Dunn, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Parkinson’s, autism, spasticity caused by certain diseases, and others.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 5 May 2021
  • Some people receive injections of botulinum toxin to help with spasticity symptoms.
    — Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Medicines that treat spasticity, or abnormal muscle tightness, can also reduce stiffness.
    — Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Most of them are standing in line for painkillers or other anti-spasticity drugs at the local Walgreen’s or CVS right now.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Hwang has been receiving Botox injections every three months to relieve her muscle spasticity and reduce her risk of falling ever since.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Hwang has been receiving Botox injections every three months to relieve her muscle spasticity and reduce her risk of falling ever since.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The uncontrolled spasticity stopped immediately for some patients, and that could have been the result of cutting the affected nerve, the researchers said.
    — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2017
  • So utilizing cannabis for things like pain control, utilizing it for some seizure disorders, for Parkinson's related spasticity, there's a bunch of those things.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2019
  • In extremely small doses, this blockage can be clinically useful, as in Botox for wrinkles or to relieve muscle spasticity.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2017
  • Many are diagnosed with spasticity and other neurological problems that were covered under the list created eight years ago when the program was established.
    — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Spastic cerebral palsy is rooted in spasticity, which develops when your brain, nerves, and muscles can’t communicate effectively.
    — Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Many showed temporary improvement in such areas as spasticity (or stiffness) and sensitivity to light touches, and the upturn continued for several days.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2017
  • The researchers will also evaluate patient pain and muscle spasticity, as well as economic factors such as number of physical therapists and staff required during training.
    — Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2016
  • The device delivers the anti-spasticity medication baclofen directly into the spinal fluid to help relax muscles and ease spasticity.
    — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In addition, it has been reported that marijuana reduces muscle spasms and spasticity; reduces intraocular pressure; and reduces anxiety.
    — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Doctors who receive training in medical cannabis will be able to recommend the products to treat more than a dozen symptoms and conditions, such as chronic pain, nausea from chemotherapy, muscle spasticity, depression, and panic disorder.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The illnesses include seizure disorder, intractable skeletal muscular spasticity, post-traumatic stress disorder, glaucoma, cancer, as well as chronic pain and opioid-use disorder.
    — Washington Post, 2 July 2019
  • Examining 28 databases, the authors found moderate evidence that medical cannabis may help with spasticity in multiple sclerosis and with neuropathic and chronic pain.
    — Katharine Quarmby, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2015
  • Illnesses now covered include seizure disorder, intractable skeletal muscular spasticity, post-traumatic stress disorder, glaucoma, cancer, chronic pain and opioid-use disorder.
    — USA TODAY, 3 July 2019
  • Independent studies have generally found marijuana to be effective for treating chronic pain, nausea and vomiting in cancer patients, and muscle spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients.
    — Daniel M. Jimenez, The Cannifornian, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Damage to the nervous tissue of the CNS (brain-spinal cord) with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, and other associated neuropathies.
    — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • In early June, regulators approved medical marijuana for spasticity, terminal illness and Huntington’s disease.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Patients who received Botox injections to treat excessive sweating, facial wrinkles, migraine, spasticity and spasms reported depression 40% to 88% less often than people who underwent different treatments for the same conditions.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 30 July 2020
  • By law, this program is limited to Texans with epilepsy, seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis, spasticity, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, autism, terminal cancer and incurable neurodegenerative diseases.
    — Dallas News, 17 May 2022
  • In general, the National Academies of Sciences has reported that there is substantial evidence indicating that marijuana is effective in treating chronic pain, nausea from chemotherapy, and muscle spasticity from multiple sclerosis.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2018

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