MUSCLE SPASTICITY MARKET ANALYSIS

Market Challenges And Opportunities

• Lack of  availability of skilled professionals
• Overall high cost of treatment
• Inadequate reimbursement
• Lack of disease awareness in emerging economies

Global Muscle Spasticity Market: Restraint

The major factors that hinder the growth of the global muscle spasticity market include lack of availability of skilled professionals, overall high cost of treatment, inadequate reimbursement, and lack of disease awareness in emerging economies.

• Increasing global healthcare expenditure
• Launch of novel therapeutics
• Advancements in the health care industry

Global Muscle Spasticity Market– Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

COVID-19 has considerably impacted the muscle spasticity market. Most of the activities involved in the treatment of muscle spasticity have been either postponed or suspended. This prolonged suspension of activities has potentially exposed a lot of patients to the consequences of untreated spasticity.

COVID-19 has caused home confinement of patients, which may have triggered spasticity. For instance, according to an article published in ‘BioMed Research International journal’ on October 2021, both the number and the duration of oscillations (right leg), as well as the first swing excursion and relaxation index (left leg), decreased after home confinement, indicating increased spasticity.

Moreover, spasticity is a multifactorial problem, which is also influenced by psychological and behavioral aspects. COVID-19 has impacted the behavioral and psychological health of individuals (e.g., anxiety, fear of infection, and poorer sleep quality), which may have contributed to increased spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis.