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ArticleAnnals of medicine2026

Construction and verification of a nomogram model for predicting the risk of post-stroke spasticity: a retrospective study.

Qian Xie, Jingling Zhu, Xuanling Cheng, Jianling Deng, Qing Song, Aiguo Xue, Shuxiong Luo

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Qian XieDepartment of Tuina, Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, China.
Jingling ZhuDepartment of Neurology, Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, China.ORCID 0009-0003-3274-0433
Xuanling ChengDepartment of Tuina, Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, China.ORCID 0009-0009-2713-7713
Jianling DengDepartment of Tuina, Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, China.ORCID 0009-0001-4961-835X
Qing SongDepartment of Tuina, Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, China.ORCID 0009-0000-6805-3959
Aiguo XueDepartment of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, China.ORCID 0009-0002-2774-001X
Shuxiong LuoDepartment of Tuina, Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, China.ORCID 0009-0008-5862-0794

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Abstract

resultsLASSO-logistic regression analysis identified seven predictors associated with PSS: C-reactive protein, albumin, creatine kinase, fasting blood glucose, hyperlipidemia, sleep disorders, and manual muscle testing (MMT) score at admission. The model had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.844 (95% CI: 0.793-0.896) in the training set and 0.842 (95% CI: 0.765-0.920) in the validation set, which means it was good at making predictions. The calibration curves showed excellent agreement between predicted and observed probabilities in the training set. Good calibration was maintained in the validation set, indicating only minimal overestimation of risk. DCA and CIC both agreed that the nomogram model could be used in a wide range of therapeutic situations.

conclusionThe nomogram based on routine clinical data in this study, after internal validation, can effectively predict the risk of PSS and provides a practical decision-making tool for clinicians. However, future multi-centre external validation is still required to confirm its broad applicability.

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Muscle SpasticityNomogramsStrokeAgedAged, 80 and overBlood GlucoseC-Reactive ProteinCreatine KinaseFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsBlood GlucoseC-Reactive ProteinCreatine KinaseLASSOnomogramPost-stroke spasticitypredictorsstroke

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