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The Use Of Botulinum Toxin For Spasticity In People Affected By Spinal Cord Injury: A Scoping Review Protocol

2024-03-30 rehabilitation medicine and physical therapy Title + abstract only
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IntroductionUp to 80% of individuals affected by Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) develops spasticity, both in the acute and chronic phases. Botulinum NeuroToxin (BoNT) injections have been proven to be an effective intervention to treat focal spasticity in Stroke, Cerebral Palsy and Multiple Sclerosis. However, to the best of our knowledge, only one systematic review published in 2015 evaluated the efficacy of BoNT in treating spasticity in patients affected by SCI. ObjectiveWe formulated the followin...

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