Intrathecal baclofen therapy for severe spasticity: Analysis on a series of 112 consecutive patients and future prospectives

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 321-325

  Natale, M ^a   Mirone, G ^a   Rotondo, M ^a   Moraci, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Cognitive function; Gait analysis; ITB; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE STUDY; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CHILD; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PENN SPASM FREQUENCY SCALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACLOFEN; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SKIN ULCER; SPINAL PUNCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859428838     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.10.046     Document Type: Article

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