At first the paralysed muscles are flaccid, but spasticity soon develops.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
The loss of power, which is sometimes attended with spasticity, usually manifests itself in one leg first, and later affects the other; it is progressive, and ultimately ends in complete paraplegia.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson