define spasticity A. increase muscle tone with inability to voluntarily ...

define spasticity

A. increase muscle tone with inability to voluntarily control the muscles actively or passively on one side of the joint

B. abnormal decrease in muscle tone caused by damage to motor neurons in ventral horn and spinal nerves in the periphery nerves

C. form of hypertonicity that involves difficulty moving the muscle groups on both side of the joint

D. severe spasticity at joint

Select your answer:

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