Botulinum toxin type A and short-term electrical stimulation in the treatment of upper limb flexor spasticity after stroke: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 381-388

  Hesse, Stefan ^a,b   Reiter, Frank ^a   Konrad, Matthias ^a   Jahnke, Matthias T ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Klinik Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARM; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS;

EID: 0031665692     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921598668275996     Document Type: Article

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