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This bachelor thesis describes an issue of Spastic Dystonia of the Hock which appears as a result of upper motor neuron damage. Spastic dystonia is unphysiological of posture in motionlessness and can be seen at the first sight. Wrong posture of the limb limits the patient in his usual activities of daily living or in walk. So it is not just cosmetic problem but fault of function and movement limitation. Due to spastic dystonia the contracture and the pain appears which we are trying to lower with the right treatment as much as we can. The hock, the spastic dystonia and its causes and treatment are described in theoretical part of this work as well as physiotherapy intervention possibilities. It emphasizes the combination of treatment by botulotoxin injections and physiotherapy as of the main methods used to reduction of spastic dystonia. The course of the therapy itself is described in the practical part of this study. The last goal of this study was to find out the subjective patient's evaluation of the treatment for which the GAS scale was used. The sample of the patients in the trial is made of 10, 6 women and 4 men, with spastic dystonia of the hock in the age of 17 - 71 years old. The outcome of the tests which were made one month after application in time of the biggest effect of the botulinum toxin. The improvement of the patients here can be seen. But not at all of them in the same amount and not in all evaluated items. |
