Spastic Paresis: A Treatable Movement Disorder

Jean-Michel Gracies^{1

2}, Katharine E Alter³, Bo Biering-Sørensen⁴, Julius P A Dewald⁵, Dirk Dressler⁶, Alberto Esquenazi⁷, Jorge Hernandez Franco⁸, Robert Jech⁹, Ryuji Kaji¹⁰, Lingjing Jin¹¹, Erle C H Lim¹², Preeti Raghavan¹³, Raymond Rosales¹⁴, Ali S Shalash¹⁵, David M Simpson¹⁶, Areerat Suputtitada¹⁷, Michele Vecchio¹⁸, Jörg Wissel^{19

20}; Spasticity Study Group of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

Spasticity Study Group of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society:
Katharine Alter, Bo Biering-Sørensen, Tae Mo Chung, Julius Pa Dewald, Dirk Dressler, Alberto Esquenazi, Jean-Michel Gracies, Jorge Hernandez Franco, Robert Jech, Ryuji Kaji, Lingjing Jin, Leonard Li, Erle Chuen-Hian Lim, Preeti Raghavan, Raymond Rosales, John Rothwell, Ali Soliman Shalash, Areerat Suputtitada, David Martin Simpson, Jörg Wissel, Kenny Wong, Maximo Zimerman

Affiliations

¹ Service de Rééducation Neurolocomotrice, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
² UR BIOTN, Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Créteil, France.
³ Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, An Affiliate of The University of Maryland System and Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Movement Disorder Clinic, Spasticity Clinic and Neuropathic Pain and CRPS Clinic, Neurological Department, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark.
⁵ Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁶ Movement Disorders Section, Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
⁷ Department of PM&R, Moss Rehab Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory, Elkins Park, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁸ Department of Rehabilitation, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery MVS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁹ Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
¹⁰ Tokushima University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Tongji Hospital and Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
¹² Division of Neurology, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
¹³ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
¹⁴ Metropolitan Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Manila and Clinical Neurophysiology and Movement Disorders, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines.
¹⁵ Ain Shams Movement Disorders Group, Department of Neurology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
¹⁶ Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁸ Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, "AOU Policlinico G. Rodolico", Catania, Italy.
¹⁹ Neurology and Psychosomatic at Wittenbergplatz, Berlin, Germany.
²⁰ Center of Sports Medicine, University Outpatient Clinic, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.

PMID: 39548808
PMCID: PMC11752976
DOI: 10.1002/mds.30038

Spastic Paresis: A Treatable Movement Disorder

Jean-Michel Gracies et al. Mov Disord. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;40(1):44-50.

doi: 10.1002/mds.30038. Epub 2024 Nov 16.

Authors

Collaborators

Spasticity Study Group of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society:
Katharine Alter, Bo Biering-Sørensen, Tae Mo Chung, Julius Pa Dewald, Dirk Dressler, Alberto Esquenazi, Jean-Michel Gracies, Jorge Hernandez Franco, Robert Jech, Ryuji Kaji, Lingjing Jin, Leonard Li, Erle Chuen-Hian Lim, Preeti Raghavan, Raymond Rosales, John Rothwell, Ali Soliman Shalash, Areerat Suputtitada, David Martin Simpson, Jörg Wissel, Kenny Wong, Maximo Zimerman

Affiliations

¹ Service de Rééducation Neurolocomotrice, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
² UR BIOTN, Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Créteil, France.
³ Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, An Affiliate of The University of Maryland System and Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Movement Disorder Clinic, Spasticity Clinic and Neuropathic Pain and CRPS Clinic, Neurological Department, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark.
⁵ Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁶ Movement Disorders Section, Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
⁷ Department of PM&R, Moss Rehab Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory, Elkins Park, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁸ Department of Rehabilitation, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery MVS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁹ Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
¹⁰ Tokushima University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Tongji Hospital and Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
¹² Division of Neurology, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
¹³ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
¹⁴ Metropolitan Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Manila and Clinical Neurophysiology and Movement Disorders, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines.
¹⁵ Ain Shams Movement Disorders Group, Department of Neurology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
¹⁶ Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁸ Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, "AOU Policlinico G. Rodolico", Catania, Italy.
¹⁹ Neurology and Psychosomatic at Wittenbergplatz, Berlin, Germany.
²⁰ Center of Sports Medicine, University Outpatient Clinic, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.

PMID: 39548808
PMCID: PMC11752976
DOI: 10.1002/mds.30038

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