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Spasticity is defined as a condition in which certain muscles are continuously contracted, resulting in stiffness or tightness of the muscles, which interferes with normal movement, speech and gait. It is also known as a motor disease which is characterized by a velocitydependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes with exaggerated tendon jerks, resulting from hyperexcitability of the stretch reflex, as one component of the upper motor neuron syndrome. Spasticity is usually caused by damage to the portion of brain or spinal cord that controls voluntary movement. The damage causes a change in the balance of signals between the nervous system and the muscles, leading to ...