Use of Botulinum Toxin as a Treatment of Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The primary objective of this paper is to assess whether the use of 200 units of abobotulinum in the pectoralis major and subscapularis muscles modifies the pain complaint assessed using the visual analog scale in subjects with shoulder pain after the onset of spastic hemiplegia due to cerebrovascular disease when compared to the application of a placebo to the same muscles.

Design

A prospective, double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled clinical trial study in two different rehabilitation centers.

Setting

Two distinct outpatient neurological rehabilitation services.

Participants

Patients older than 18 years who were included presented upper limb spasticity resulting from ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke and a diagnosis of Painful Hemiplegic Shou

SUBMITTER: de Melo Carvalho Rocha E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10221942 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature