Botulinum toxin a injection into calf muscles for treatment of spastic equinus in cerebral palsy: A controlled trial comparing sonography and electric stimulation-guided injection techniques: A preliminary report

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 279-286

  Kwon, Jeong Yi ^a   Hwang, Ji Hye ^a   Kim, Joon Sung ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Botulinum Toxin; Cerebral Palsy; Gastrocnemius; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PES EQUINUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77951210525     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181ca24ac     Document Type: Article

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