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Clinical Management of Upper Limb Spasticity
Case Report A 67-year-old right-handed male who had suffered an ischemic left basal ganglia stroke with right hemiparesis was evaluated for post-stroke rehabilitation therapies. He had undergone comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation six months earlier. When he was discharged home, he required supervision for upper and lower body dressing but was at a “modified independent” level for ambulation...
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INTRODUCTION The efficacy of single injections of abobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport) is established in adults with upper limb spasticity. In this study we assessed the effects of repeated injections of abobotulinumtoxinA over 1 year. METHODS Patients (n = 258, safety population) received 500 U, 1,000 U, or 1,500 U (1,500-U dose included 500-U shoulder injections) for up to 4 or 5 treatment cycles. ...
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Objective: To identify predictors and the optimal time point for the early prediction of the presence and severity of spasticity in the upper limb 12 months poststroke. Methods: In total, 117 patients in the Gothenburg area who had experienced a stroke for the first time and with documented arm paresis day 3 poststroke were consecutively included. Assessments were made at admission and at 3 and...
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background: this study evaluated the efficacy of focal intramuscular injection of botulinum (bont) toxin type a in comparison with oral tizanidine (tzd) in treatment of post-stroke upper limb spasticity. methods: this was a double-blinded randomized clinical trial that recruited 68 patients with post-stroke upper limb spasticity. thirty-four patients received bont (dysport(®)) injections in aff...
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Neurectomy is one of the treatments available to the surgeon treating patients with spasticity of the upper limb.Its popularity has increased in recent years.Accurate knowledge of the anatomical variations of the terminal branches to the muscles is required in order to achieve a successful outcome.Although the anatomy has been thoroughly studied, there are still controversies regarding the perc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord
سال: 1966
ISSN: 1362-4393,1476-5624
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1966.15