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It is known that in case of stroke there's hypertonia but why in early phase of stroke there's hypotonia what does this phenomena called?
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Stroke: Immediately in a stroke there is paralysis due to destruction of motor cortex and motor tracts. Later in the course, spacticity and contractures dominate the picture.
Answered 1/29/2015
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