Ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin injections in neurology: Technique, indications and future perspectives

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 923-936

  Walter, Uwe ^a   Dressler, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

botulinum toxin; cerebral palsy; dystonia; hypersalivation; needle navigation; placement; spasticity; task related dystonia; ultrasonography; ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARM MUSCLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; EPIMYSIUM; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND MUSCLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJECTION; LACRIMAL GLAND; LEG MUSCLE; NEEDLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PALPATION; PERIMYSIUM; PERIOSTEUM; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED BOTULINUM TOXIN INJECTION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; DYSTONIA; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84905052561     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2014.936387     Document Type: Review

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