Spasticity is associated with various neurological conditions. In this study the authors analyzed the long term effects of intrathecal baclofen therapy in multiple sclerosis and evalued the benefits of the treatment on spasticity, disability, pain, spasm frequency and rated the incidence of side effects.
equine encephalomyelitis a type of encephalomyelitis in horses and mules, caused by an alphavirus and spread to humans by mosquitoes; it occurs in summer epizootics in the Western Hemisphere. Three forms are recognized: eastern, western, and Venezuelan.quine encephalomyelitis, western a viral disease of horses and mules, communicable to humans, occurring chiefly as a meningoencephalitis with little involvement of the medulla oblongata or spinal cord; observed in the United States chiefly west of the Mississippi River.
Etiology Eastern, western and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis result from infection by the respectively named viruses in the genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae. In the human literature, the disease is usually called eastern, western or Venezuelan equine encephalitis.iagnostic Tests Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis In equids, EEE and WEE can be diagnosed by serology, particularly the presence of antibodies in an IgM antibody-capture ELISA, or a 4-fold rise in titer in the plaque reduction neutralization (PRN) test.