Diseases of the nervous system .. . tted the patient to stand un-supported and even to walk withslight assistance. In complete paralysis, when theantagonists and the agonists areboth involved, another principlemay be applied, namely, the trans-mission of the normal musclepower to those involved. Thus theshoulder or the arm may be con-nected with the paralyzed leg byinextensible bands, so that the legis moved by the arm. But even the best apparatus isundesirable company, especially ifit must be worn day and night;it gives rise to circulatory disturbances and to atrophy; these must be com-bated
Diseases of the nervous system .. . tted the patient to stand un-supported and even to walk withslight assistance. In complete paralysis, when theantagonists and the agonists areboth involved, another principlemay be applied, namely, the trans-mission of the normal musclepower to those involved. Thus theshoulder or the arm may be con-nected with the paralyzed leg byinextensible bands, so that the legis moved by the arm. But even the best apparatus isundesirable company, especially ifit must be worn day and night;it gives rise to circulatory disturbances and to atrophy; these must be com-bated by exercise, baths and electricity. In those cases in which the mechani-cal and gymnastic methods, described above, give but little hope of successon account of great muscle and arthritic changes, surgical measures comeinto question. Here we must mention the elongation of contracted tendons,as in club-foot, the Z-shaped splitting of the Achilles tendon and unitingthe ends which have been displaced; shortening of tendons with hyper-. FiG. 171.
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