Quantitative measurement of poststroke spasticity and response to treatment with botulinum toxin: A 2-patient case report

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 688-697

  Cousins, Elizabeth ^a   Ward, Anthony B ^b   Roffe, Christine ^a,c,d   Rimington, Lesley D ^a   Pandyan, Anand D ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Midlands Stroke Research Network

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ARM; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649817338     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080040     Document Type: Article

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