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Shriners Hospitals for Children study proposes to determine if injections of BTX-A to the hamstring muscles result in measurable physiologic changes not observed with normal saline injections in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy who walk with a flexed-knee gait pattern.

Pediatric Movement Disorders - Anatomy and Physiology at Movement Disorder Virtual University

Reprint from ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, Vol. 70. January 1989 - Spasticity: Quantitative Measurements as a Basis for Assessing Effectiveness of Therapeutic Intervention

Hong Kong study to examine the effect of heat and duration of stretching on the extensibility of hamstring muscles and their electromyographic responses to passive stretch in children with hypertonia and severe mental retardation.

PubMed Abstract of study conducted to determine what biomechanic characteristics of knee joint motion and walking show potential to quantitatively differentiate spasticity and dystonia in Cerebral Palsy (CP).

PEDIATRICS - Official Journal of the Americal Academy of Pediatrics - Clinical Practice Guidelines - Classification and Definition of Disorders Causing Hypertonia in Childhood

NINDS sponsored study will evaluate patients with muscle stiffness for possible participation in current or future research studies. It will determine the cause of muscle stiffness or cramps and measure the severity of symptoms

Hypertonia at PEDIATRICS - Official Journal of the American Academy of Pedicatrics - Pediatrics Vol 111, 2003 - Classification and Definition of Disorders Causing Hypertonia in Childhood

Study being conducted to learn about upper extremity hypertonia (stiffness) in children and young adults with cerebral palsy. Specifically, they want to learn about ways to measure the stiffness in the joints of hypertonic arms.