Selective cervical dorsal rhizotomy to relieve upper-limb spasticity after stroke or spinal cord injury - Report of five cases

Tzu Chi Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 371-375

  Hsin, Yu Long ^a   Harnod, Tomor ^a,b   Kuo, Terry B J ^b   Su, Chain Fa ^a   Lin, Shinn Zong ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dorsal root section; Rhizotomy; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DORSAL ROOT; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; WRIST;

EID: 10644281329     PISSN: 10163190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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