Spastic hemiplegia
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spastic-hemiplegia-168-6863211
title:
Spastic hemiplegia
text:
Spastic hemiplegia is a neuromuscular condition of spasticity that results in the muscles on one side of the body being in a constant state of contraction. It is the "one-sided version" of spastic diplegia. It falls under the mobility impairment umbrella of cerebral palsy. About 20–30% of people with cerebral palsy have spastic hemiplegia. Due to brain or nerve damage, the brain is constantly sending action potentials to the neuromuscular junctions on the affected side of the body. Similar to st
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical condition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spastic_hemiplegia
date created:
2012-02-10T03:54:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T00:31:26Z
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