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Stretching Treatment Report
What is Stretching?
Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. The result is a feeling of increased muscle control, flexibility and range of motion.
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Reasons done
42 patients in the community are doing or have done Stretching.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 25 | 59% |
| Fingers curl | 4 | 9% |
| General health | 3 | 7% |
| Mobility | 3 | 7% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 1 | 2% |
Duration
How long current patients have been doing Stretching or how long patients were doing Stretching before stopping.
Currently Doing Stretching
Stopped Doing Stretching
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Other | 1 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 50% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Slight | 50% | 1 |
Mobility
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 43% | 3 |
| None | 57% | 4 |
Top reported side-effects include: Muscle soreness, Pain, Fatigue
Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)
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- abbas girl
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by abbas girl
Apr 25, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Stiffness/Spasticity
- Advice/Tips
- Don't stop.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- janik
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- Type: Upper Motor Neuron
- See profile
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by janik
Dec 01, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsMild
- Stiffness/Spasticity
- Advice/Tips
- NEED to do it as much as possible.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.