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Radar36 Sex: M Data Quality: 3 stars MS: 15 yrs Type: Secondary Progressive Sensation: Severe Overall: Severe Cognition: severe Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate Radar36 First Symptom: 07/96 Dx: 07/96
lovelylady Sex: F Data Quality: 1 star MSA: 51 yrs Type: Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Mood: Bad Cognition: Moderate Autonomic: Moderate Head: moderate Arms: moderate Legs: mild Tremors: mild lovelylady First Symptom: 12/60 Dx: 10/11
dschipman Sex: F Data Quality: 3 stars MS: 12 yrs Type: Relapsing-Remitting Relapse: Moderate Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: mild Upper limb: mild Walking: none dschipman First Symptom: 12/99 Dx: 01/00

Stiffness/Spasticity Report

Spasticity is a disorder of the central nervous system in which certain muscles continually receive a message to tighten and contract. This causes stiffness or tightness of the muscles and interferes with gait and movement, and sometimes speech.

What we've learned from patients who report Stiffness/Spasticity

Symptom severities

Severe	3,518
Moderate	8,572
Mild	7,192
None	3,537

What patients report taking for the purpose of treating Stiffness/Spasticity

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What patients report taking for the purpose of treating Stiffness/Spasticity
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Baclofen	1753
Tizanidine HCl	372
Zanaflex	202
Handicap/Disability Parking Permit	182
Walking Stick/Cane	180
Physical Therapy (PT)	168
Gabapentin	166
Massage Therapy	163
Stretching	151
Range of Motion Exercises	141
Clonazepam	131
Diazepam	126
Physical Exercise	91
Valium	87
Flexeril	78
Walking cane/rubber tip	78
Cyclobenzaprine	67
Neurontin	63
Yoga	63
Klonopin	57
Prednisone	56
Baclofen Intrathecal	55
Marijuana	52
Skelaxin	49
Magnesium	45
Physiotherapy	45
Ibuprofen	43
Carbidopa-Levodopa	39
Lyrica	38
Amantadine	37

Report created on February 11, 2012.

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