Functional outcomes following ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin type A injections to reduce spastic equinovarus in adult post-stroke patients.

CONCLUSION: Spastic equinovarus deformity observed in patients after stroke creates significant limitations in the patient's functional walking speed and distance. As a result, when BoNT-A injections accompanied by ultrasound to improve equinovarus deformity considering the innervation zones of the muscles with a specific approach are administered directly into the muscle at the correct point, we can say it provides hopeful results from a functional point of view. PMID: 29530514 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29530514?dopt=Abstract

Source: Toxicon - March 9, 2018 Category: Toxicology Authors: Aktürk S, Büyükavcı R, Ersoy Y Tags: Toxicon Source Type: research