Levodopa plus carbidopa before physiotherapy increased motor recovery after stroke
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Levodopa plus carbidopa before physiotherapy increased motor recovery after stroke.
Intervention Patients were allocated to levodopa, 100 mg, plus carbidopa (n=26) or to placebo (n=27) given daily in the morning > 30 minutes before the physiotherapy session for 3 weeks. For the next 3 weeks, both groups had 1 hour of daily physiotherapy from Monday to Friday without the allocated treatment. 1 week before and during the study, all patients stopped receiving any drugs that affec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1356-5524
DOI: 10.1136/ebm.7.2.47