Early identification, intervention and management of post-stroke spasticity: expert consensus recommendations

G Bavikatte, G Subramanian… - Journal of central …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Stroke patients with spasticity usually require long-lasting care and interventions but
frequently report that outpatient and community treatment is limited, reflecting a significant …

Botulinum toxin intervention in cerebral palsy-induced spasticity management: projected and contradictory effects on skeletal muscles

CS Kaya Keles, F Ates - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spasticity, following the neurological disorder of cerebral palsy (CP), describes a
pathological condition, the central feature of which is involuntary and prolonged muscle …

How does stroke affect skeletal muscle? State of the art and rehabilitation perspective

V Azzollini, S Dalise, C Chisari - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Long-term disability caused by stroke is largely due to an impairment of motor function. The
functional consequences after stroke are caused by central nervous system adaptations and …

Vibration therapy role in neurological diseases rehabilitation: an umbrella review of systematic reviews

L Moggio, A de Sire, N Marotta, A Demeco… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To summarize the findings and evaluate the role of vibratory therapy in the
rehabilitation of neurological diseases. Methods We systematically research PubMed …

[HTML][HTML] Botulinum toxin intervention in cerebral palsy-induced spasticity management: projected and contradictory effects on skeletal muscles

CSK Keles, F Ates - Toxins, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spasticity, following the neurological disorder of cerebral palsy (CP), describes a
pathological condition, the central feature of which is involuntary and prolonged muscle …

Recent advances in the treatment of spasticity: extracorporeal shock wave therapy

E Yang, HL Lew, L Özçakar, CH Wu - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Spasticity is a common sequala of the upper motor neuron lesions. For instance, it often
occurs in the first 4 weeks after stroke and is seen in more than one-third of stroke survivors …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review on extracorporeal shock wave therapy and botulinum toxin for spasticity treatment: a comparison on efficacy

EE Mihai, MN Popescu, AN Iliescu… - European Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
CONCLUSIONS A beneficial effect on spasticity was found for both treatments: evidence
showed that ESWT and BoNT-A can ameliorate spasticity considering parameters such as …

Assessment, goal setting, and botulinum neurotoxin a therapy in the management of post-stroke spastic movement disorder: updated perspectives on best practice

J Wissel, S Ri - Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Post-stroke spastic movement disorder (PS-SMD) appears up to 20% in the first
week following stroke and 40% in the chronic phase. It may create major hurdles to …

Selecting goals and target muscles for botulinum toxin a injection using the goal oriented facilitated approach to spasticity treatment (go-fast) tool

J Jacinto, A Balbert, D Bensmail, S Carda, N Draulans… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
The objective of this article is to introduce the GO-FAST Tool (developed by the Toxnet
group) to clinicians working in the field of neurological rehabilitation, specifically post-stroke …

Effectiveness of robot-assisted upper limb training on spasticity, function and muscle activity in chronic stroke patients treated with botulinum toxin: a randomized …

M Gandolfi, N Valè, EK Dimitrova, S Mazzoleni… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: The combined use of Robot-assisted UL training and Botulinum toxin (BoNT)
appear to be a promising therapeutic synergism to improve UL function in chronic stroke …