[Disorders of muscle tonus and their treatment with sirdalud in patients in the early recovery period of ischemic stroke]. / Narusheniia myshechnogo tonusa i ikh lechenie sirdaludom u bol'nykh v rannem vosstanovitel'nom periode ishemicheskogo insul'ta.

The paper presents the results of clinical and neurophysiologic study of muscular tonus in 94 patients aged 42-70 years in early recovery after ischemic stroke. Selective role of spasticity was estimated in clinical pattern of motor disorders in groups of the patients with different disorders of muscular tonus with the same degree of paresis. Efficiency of antispastic preparation sirdalud was analyzed in 28 patients from this group. Sirdalud in daily dose of 6-12 mg in patients with prevalence of a spasticity in a clinical picture of the paresis and with either moderate or manifested degree of paresis of the extremities has significant antispastic effect without any decrease of muscular strength, which, in turn, increases the degree of restoration of motor functions.