What does SH stand for?

Spastic Hypertonia

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Use of a hand-held dynamometer and a Kin-Com dynamometer for evaluating spastic hypertonia in children: a reliability study.

Roles of reflex activity and co-contraction during assessments of ...

The spasticity was refractory to the standard regimens used for spastic hypertonia.

Zolpidem for postanoxic spasticity

NYSE: MDT), called Intrathecal Baclofen (ITB(TM)) Therapy -- can maintain a significant reduction in severe spasticity and other forms of spastic hypertonia associated with stroke.

Tight, Stiff Muscles of Stroke Survivors Improved After Receiving ...

Spastic hypertonia is observed in motor disorders that are characterized by velocity-dependent increases in tonic stretch reflexes with exaggerated tendon jerks, resulting from hyperexcitability of the stretch reflex.

Determining consistency of elbow joint threshold angle in elbow ...

In a clinical setting, spastic hypertonia can be assessed by estimating, in a subject at rest, the resistance felt while passively moving a limb over a given range of motion.

Use of a hand-held dynamometer and a Kin-Com dynamometer for ...