Botulinum toxin type A injections for the management of muscle tightness following total hip arthroplasty: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Development of hip adductor, tensor fascia lata, and rectus femoris muscle contractures following total hip arthroplasties are quite common, with some patients failing to improve despite treatment with a variety of non-operative modalities. The purpose of the present study was to describe the use of and patient outcomes of botulinum toxin injections as an adjunctive treatment for muscle tightness following total hip arthroplasty.

Methods

Ten patients (14 hips) who had hip adductor, abductor, and/or flexor muscle contractures following total arthroplasty and had been refractory to physical therapeutic efforts were treated with injection of botulinum toxin A. Eight limbs received injections into the adductor muscle, 8 limbs received injections into the tensor fascia

SUBMITTER: Bhave A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2743655 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature