Short-term effects of combined serial casting and botulinum toxin injection for spastic equinus in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 579-584

  Park, Eun Sook ^a   Rha, Dong wook ^a   Yoo, Jun Ki ^a   Kim, Sun Mi ^a   Chang, Won Hyuk ^a   Song, Sang Hyuk ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cerebral palsy; Equinus; Serial cast

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PES EQUINUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANGE OF MOTION; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTER CAST;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CASTS, SURGICAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 77956205160     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.4.579     Document Type: Article

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