Advance in Mechanism of Limb Spasm after Spinal Cord Injury (review) / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

After spinal cord injury, patients often suffer from limb spasm, which affects their daily life and the progress of rehabilitation. Balance among spinal cord excitability network, presynaptic inhibition and motor neuron excitability was broken, background of motor neuron activity changed, membrane ion channels, serotonin receptors and transporter concentration changed after spinal cord injury, which promote formation and development of spasm.