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| Researchers are offering new hope
for stroke patients suffering from spasticity of the hand with a drug
that has proven effective in relieving muscle tightness or twitching
in other areas of the body, according to an article in the Aug. 8
issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Allison Brashear
of the IU School of Medicine, principal investigator and first author
of the article, said the report indicates that an injection of botulinum
toxic type A, also known as Botox, reduces disability caused by spasticity
of the wrist and finger muscles in patients who have had a stroke.
This is the first placebo-controlled, multi-center trial to assess
the benefit of one-time injections. Nineteen medical institutions
were involved over the two-year period of the study. Significant improvement
in wrist and finger flexors was observed in the majority of patients
one week after the injection. http://www.medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/archive_02/botox.html | |
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