Emerging theory of sensitization in post-stroke muscle spasticity.
Areerat Suputtitada
PMID 37791371WHAT IT FOUND
This paper proposes that muscle sensitization drives post-stroke spasticity.
It reviews evidence for shockwave therapy and dry needling but presents no original data. It offers a theory for why these treatments might work, not proof that they do.
What this paper is
This is a perspective article proposing a theoretical link between sensitization and post-stroke muscle spasticity. It reviews existing evidence for treatments like shockwave therapy and dry needling but reports no original patient data or outcomes, so there is no new finding here to change your practice on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the discussion of shockwave therapy or dry needling as new evidence that these treatments work. The paper reviews other studies to build a theory; it did not test these interventions on patients itself.