Botulinum toxin as an adjunct to motor learning therapy and surgery for obstetrical brachial plexus injury

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-252

  DeMatteo, Carol ^a   Bain, James R ^a   Galea, Victoria ^b   Gjertsen, Deborah ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINEMATICS; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LEARNING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33645038448     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206000557     Document Type: Article

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