Botox for Spasticity Treatment

submit to reddit

Submit Your Tip

Botox for Spasticity Treatment – This is a place for the community to provide tips and advice on Botox for Spasticity Treatment. This topic was created by Rick Mc Crady and the tips are provided by the community. The tips you add here can be your own or referred from another site. The best tips are then ranked at the top when up-voted by members of the community.

Votes

Tips

1
- Vote
Tip 1
Botulinum Toxin in Poststroke Spasticity More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Judy Rosenthal | permalink
Vote
Poststroke hemiparesis, together with abnormal muscle tone, is a major cause of morbidity and disability. Although most hemiparetic patients are able to reach different ambulatory levels with rehabilitation efforts, upper and lower limb spasticity can ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1905930/ ^[1]

1
- Vote
Tip 2
Multiple Sclerosis: Treating MS With Botulinum Toxin More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Gary Belshaw | permalink
Vote
WebMD explains how injections with Botox may improve spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis.
Tags: ms treatment with botox, botulinum toxin, MS and botox, multiple sclerosis, muscle, spastic, spasticity, muscle relaxing, neurotoxin

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/guide/multiple-sclerosis-treating-botulinum-toxin ^[2]

1
- Vote
Tip 3
Medications to Reduce Arm Spasticity After a Stroke More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Donna Nettestad | permalink
Vote
WebMD talked with experts to find out what kinds of medications are used to help patients who develop spasticity after a stroke regain control over their arm movements.
Tags: stroke, stroke recovery, stroke rehab, arm spasticity, stroke medications, spasticity, treatment, spasticity medications, side effects

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/stroke/features/after-a-stroke-medications-to-reduce-arm-spasticity ^[3]

About Author

More by Rick Mc Crady

No more topics...

About This Topic

Category: Fun | 9 years, 4 month(s) ago

15.2k+ Reads

1 Tips

1 Votes

0 Likes

0 Saved

Contributors

Gary Belshaw, Donna Nettestad, Judy Rosenthal

References & Citations

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1905930/

2. http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/guide/multiple-sclerosis-treating-botulinum-toxin

3. http://www.webmd.com/stroke/features/after-a-stroke-medications-to-reduce-arm-spasticity