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Article: New spasticity study findings have been published by scientists at University of Pittsburgh.(Clinical report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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In this recent report published in the journal Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To determine whether baseline hand spastic hemiparesis assessed by the Chedoke-McMaster Assessment influences functional improvement after botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injections and postinjection therapy. Prospective cohort study."
"Outpatient spasticity clinic. Participants (N = 14) with spastic hemiparesis divided into 2 groups: Chedoke-McMaster Assessment Hand-Higher Function (stage >= 4, n = 5) and Chedoke-McMaster Assessment Hand-Lower Function (stage = 2 or 3, n = 9). Upper-limb BTX-A injections followed by ...