The use of a portable muscle tone measurement device to measure the effects of botulinum toxin type A on elbow flexor spasticity

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1655-1660

  Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^a   Wu, Yi Ning ^a   Huang, Sheng Chih ^a   Lee, Hsin Min ^b   Wang, Yu Lin ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin type A; Muscle spasticity; Portable system; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE;

EID: 23644444333     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.03.019     Document Type: Article

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