Other Causes of Twitch-Like Symptoms Twitching is not the only sign of abnormal firing of neurons. Spasticity and clonus can easily be perceived as twitching, but medically, they're different.

Meningiomas can cause changes to your muscles, making them stiff or weak. Some people may experience the clonus reflex, which ...

She went home from the hospital at 4 days of age. Two days later, she had generalized clonus, which recurred several times over the course of the next 48 hours. She was admitted to a hospital ...

In legs, test rapidity and range of foot tapping (slowed in Parkinson's disease and spasticity) and for clonus (brisk passive extensions of ankle). A sensitive test for spasticity is the Trömner ...

Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, USA Center for Neurotrauma, Neurodegeneration, and Restoration, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans ...