Abstract:
STUDY DESIGN:Blinded, placebo-controlled, prospective clinical trial. PURPOSE:To examine the effects of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injections into plantar flexor muscles in stroke patients with equinovarus gait. SUBJECTS:15 post-stroke and 10 matched neurologically intact subjects. METHODS:Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) and Fugl-Meyer assessment of physical function scale scores along with surface EMG collected before and up to 12 weeks after BTX-A injections to plantar flexor muscle motor points in stroke subjects. Saline placebo injections were performed in a subset of stroke subject group. RESULTS:MAS scores were decreased at 4, 8 and 12 weeks but F-M scores did not improve until 12 weeks post injection. Multi-muscle EMG patterns showed the return of volitional dorsiflexor activity in 11 and a decrease of antagonistic and distant coactivation in all but one of the 15. CONCLUSIONS:BTX-A is effective in reducing antagonistic and distant muscle activation that impedes volitional dorsiflexion.
journal_name
Clin Neurol Neurosurgjournal_title
Clinical neurology and neurosurgeryauthors
Tang SF,Hong JP,McKay WB,Tang CW,Wu PH,Chu NKdoi
10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.03.014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-06-01 00:00:00pages
498-501issue
5eissn
0303-8467issn
1872-6968pii
S0303-8467(12)00166-7journal_volume
114pub_type
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