Brain Behav: Increased dystonia and contraction in late stroke ischemic stroke

In the absence of a choice, there were limited systematic studies on increased dystonia and spasms in the late post-stroke periodTherefore, the purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of increased dystonia after 7 years of stroke, classic spasms and consories, and the predictors of increased dystonia after 7 years of strokerecruited patients with acute ischemic stroke younger than 70 years of age in the Sahlgrenska College ischemic stroke study (n - 411)Use the Scandinavian Stroke Scale to assess symptoms during exponential strokeSeven years after the stroke, survivors (n - 358) were invited to conduct follow-up assessments, of which 292 agreed to participate and 288 provided dataThe muscle tone, classic spasms, and contractions of the Ashworth scale are evaluated by a neurologist according to the revised Ashworth scaleThe association between dystonia and the characteristics of exponential stroke and recurrent stroke was studied by logistic regression analysisresults showed an increase in dystonia in 99 participants (34 per cent): 94 (33 per cent) on the upper extremities and 72 (25 per cent) on the lower limbsFifty-one participants (18%) developed classic spasms and 26 participants (9%) developed contractionsAge (OR 1.03 (95% CI1.00-1.06), arm paralysis (OR 1.76 (95% CI 1.40-2)), aphasia (OR 1.68 (95% CI 1.12-2.51) and facial palsy (OR 2.12 (95% CI 1.10-4.07) are independent predictionsin general, one-third of patients with ischemic stroke before age 70 showed increased dystonia during 7 years of follow-upHalf of the patients also had classic spasmsAge, arm paralysis, aphasia, aphasia, and facial palsy during stroke are predictors of increased dystonia after a stroke