noun
- a condition involving muscle stiffness and involuntary contractions that interfere with normal movement
Usage: medical
Examples
- The patient’s spasticity made it difficult for her to walk smoothly.
- Physical therapy can help reduce spasticity in stroke patients.
- Medications are often prescribed to manage spasticity symptoms.
- The neurologist explained that spasticity results from damage to the nervous system.
- Stretching exercises may help alleviate mild spasticity.
- Spasticity commonly affects people with cerebral palsy or multiple sclerosis.