Which interventions are useful for managing muscle spasticity in individuals who sustained traumatic brain injury?-A Cochrane Review summary with commentary

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 157-159

  Laxe, Sara ^a,b,c  

^a University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ EN CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

brain injury; muscle; spasticity; TBI

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; TIZANIDINE;

ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN DEFECT; SPASTICITY; STANDING; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TILT TABLE TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPLICATION; NEUROREHABILITATION; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 85062225474     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-189003     Document Type: Article

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