The efficacy of botulinum toxin type A injection in the hamstring and calf muscles with and without serial foot casting in gait improvement in children with cerebral palsy

Tehran University Medical Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 509-517

  Amirsalari, Susan ^a   Dalvand, Hamid ^b   Dehghan, Leila ^b   Feizy, Awat ^c   Hosseini, Sayed Ali ^b   Shamsodini, Alireza ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin type a; Casting; Cerebral palsy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLEGIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KNEE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SERIAL FOOT CASTING; SPASTICITY;

EID: 80755126180     PISSN: 16831764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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