The strategies of prevention and modalities of treatment of acute stroke has been tremendously evolving in the past decades. Stroke ranks fourth leading cause of mortality in Taiwan recently with great efforts and collaboration of the experts in the multidisciplinary team. However, it is still the major disease contributing to disability of our population. The study demonstrated more than sixty percentage of stroke patients were functionally dependent one month after onset. Spasticity is a common complication of stroke and associated with declining quality of life, impairing functional recovery and difficulty in daily care. Evaluation and early detection of spasticity of affected body parts could incorporate the appropriate medical treatment and rehabilitation to reduce the functional impairment. The evaluation and management of patients with post-stroke spasticity in different stages after onset were reviewed and recommended in the guideline.
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