Alcohol neurolysis of tibial nerve motor branches to the gastrocnemius muscle to treat ankle spasticity in patients with hemiplegic stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 506-508

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a   Ahn, Sang Ho ^a   Park, Sung Min ^a   Kim, Seong Ho ^a   Lee, Kang Hee ^a   Lee, Zee Ihn ^b  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcohol, ethyl; Ankle; Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; OUTPATIENT; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJECTION; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 1842613641     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00468-4     Document Type: Article

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