The impact of post-stroke spasticity and botulinum toxin on standing balance: A systematic review

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 319-327

  Phadke, Chetan Purushottam ^a,b,c   Ismail, Farooq ^a,b   Boulias, Chris ^a,b   Gage, William ^c,d   Mochizuki, George ^b,d,e  

^a WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

balance; botulinum toxin; chemodenervation; spasticity; stroke; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXINS; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; STROKE;

EID: 84894159336     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2014.887443     Document Type: Review

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