Sentences with phrase «reduce spasticity»

Seb's family are raising # 70,000 to pay for a procedure called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) which will remove or reduce the spasticity in his legs so that he can move more freely.

Our aim is to raise # 70,000 for Tree of Hope to Seb to have life - changing SDR surgery which will remove or reduce the spasticity in his legs so that he can move more freely.

They're hopeful the operation, which removes or reduces the spasticity in the legs, will change their little boy's life.

The evidence for benefits was strongest for treating chronic pain, reducing chemotherapy - induced nausea and vomiting, multiple sclerosis patients have reported that it reduces spasticity — muscle tightness and movement difficulties — although when the measurements are taken by a doctor the evidence of reduced spasticity was weaker.

A January 2017 report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which provides nonpartisan guidance for national decision - makers, found substantial evidence that cannabis is effective for treating chronic pain, nausea and vomiting, and in reducing spasticity symptoms in multiple sclerosis, but also found clear risks for pregnant women and youth.

Not exact matches

For upper limb spasticity, three of the drug formulations — abobotulinumtoxinA, incobotulinumtoxinA, and onabotulinumtoxinA — are effective in reducing excess muscle tone and should be offered.