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Diagnostic nerve block in prediction of outcome of botulinum toxin treatment for spastic equinovarus foot after stroke: A pilot retrospective observational study.
CONCLUSION: This study confirmed diagnostic nerve block as a valuable screening tool in deciding whether to treat spastic equinovarus with botulinum toxin. However, the results support the evidence that diagnostic nerve block results in a greater reduction in muscle overactivity than does botulinum toxin type A in patients with spastic equinovarus due to stroke. PMID: 32432331 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - May 22, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Rehabil Med Source Type: research

Plastic changes in spinal synaptic transmission following botulinum toxin A in patients with post-stroke spasticity.
CONCLUSION: Botulinum toxin treatment induces synaptic plasticity at the Ia-motoneuron synapse in post-stroke paretic patients, which suggests that the effectiveness of botulinum toxin-type A in post-stroke rehabilitation might be partly due to its central effects. PMID: 26424152 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - October 3, 2015 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Rehabil Med Source Type: research

Accuracy of botulinum toxin type A injection into the forearm muscles of chronic stroke patients with spastic flexed wrist and clenched fist: Manual needle placement evaluated using ultrasonography.
CONCLUSION: Instrumental guidance should be used in order to achieve an acceptable accuracy of needle placement when performing botulinum toxin type A injections into the forearm muscles of chronic stroke patients with spastic flexed wrist and clenched fist. PMID: 25103251 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - November 14, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Rehabil Med Source Type: research

Sensitivity of the NeuroFlexor method to measure change in spasticity after treatment with botulinum toxin A in wrist and finger muscles.
Conclusion: At the group level, the sensitivity of NeuroFlexor is good enough to detect reduction in spasticity after treatment with BoNT-A. Further work is needed to establish the sensitivity of NeuroFlexor on an individual level. PMID: 24850135 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - November 14, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Rehabil Med Source Type: research