Spasticity
What you need to know
Spasticity affects over 12 million people worldwide, including approximately 80 percent of people with cerebral palsy.
Spasticity treatment requires a team approach including regular exercise, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, medications or surgery.
Spasticity in children can result in growth problems, painful and deformed joints, and disability.
Spasticity symptoms include continuous muscle stiffness, spasms and involuntary contractions, which can be painful.