Intrathecal baclofen in tetraplegia of spinal origin: Efficacy for upper extremity hypertonia

Spinal Cord

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 413-419

  Burns, A S ^a   Meythaler, J M ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertonia; Intrathecal baclofen; Spasticity; Spinal cord; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON REFLEX;

ADULT; ARM; BACLOFEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034893452     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101178     Document Type: Article

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