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What's the a simple defenition of the word spastic?
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"tightness": The term refers to increased muscle tone with resistance of the joint to change position. The hypertonicity is related to problems within brain or spinal cord, such as stroke, or multiple sclerosis or trauma, as examples.
Answered 3/18/2013
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