Effects of botulinum toxin-A on the muscle architecture of stroke patients: An ultrasonographic study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1016-1019

  Tok, Fatih ^a   Özçakar, Levent ^b   Safaz, Ismail ^a   Alaca, Ridvan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin A; Muscle architecture; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855868615     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0876     Document Type: Article

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