Botulinum toxin type B in upper-limb poststroke spasticity: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 705-709

  Brashear, Allison ^a   McAfee, Anita L ^c   Kuhn, Elizabeth R ^a   Fyffe, Joanne ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxins; Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN B; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; OUTPATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; WRIST; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 2942642140     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.08.077     Document Type: Article

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