Shoulder pain and external rotation in spastic hemiplegia do not improve by injection of botulinum toxin A into the subscapular muscle

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 581-583

  De Boer, K S ^a   Arwert, H J ^b   De Groot, J H ^a   Meskers, C G M ^a   Rambaran Mishre, A D ^b   Arendzen, J H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sophia Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER DISLOCATION;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE;

EID: 42449128718     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.128371     Document Type: Article

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