Quantitative assessment of spasticity in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis |
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| Authors: | J.?R.?Zunt mailto:jzunt@u.washington.edu" title=" jzunt@u.washington.edu" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author,S.?M.?Montano,J.?O.?V.?Alarcón,W.?T.?Longstreth,R.?Price,K.?K.?Holmes |
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| Affiliation: | Harborview Medical Center, Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. jzunt@u.washington.edu |
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People with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) develop spasticity. The authors examined 34 patients with HAM/TSP in Perú using a device that measures tone in the gastroc-soleus-Achilles tendon unit and provides a quantitative spasticity assessment (QSA). Tone in the 34 patients was more than double that of women with asymptomatic HTLV-I infection. The device may help to track progression in HTLV-I infection. |
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