1. Spasticity: Types, symptoms and CNS pathways

1. The central nervous system
2. Spasticity - Introduction and causes
3. Spasticity - flexor and extensor type
4. Signs and symptoms of spasticity
5. Spinal cord mediated & cortical-mediated spasticity
6. Pyramidal pathway
7. Extrapyramidal pathway
8. Reticulospinal pathway in spasticity
9. Upper motor neuron syndrome
10. Hypertonicity of muscles
11. Presynaptic inhibition
12. Post-activation or homosynaptic depression
13. Descending pathway
14. The lateral vestibulospinal tract
15. Spasticity of upper limbs
16. Spasticity of lower limbs
17. The stretch reflex

1. The central nervous system