Naslov
Botulinum toxin Type-A improves life quality and rehabilitation in painful cervical dystonia.

Autori
Relja, Maja ; Klepac, Nataša

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress Neurological Rhabilitation / Battistin, Leontino ; Dam, Mauro ; Tonin, Paolo - Bolonja : Monduzzi editore, International Proceedings Division, 2002, 111-115

ISBN
8832324024

Skup
World congress Neurological rehabilitation (3 ; 2002)

Mjesto i datum
Venecija, Italija, 02.04.2002. - 06.04.2002

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Sažetak
We invesigated the effects of small dose of botulinum toxin type-A (50U) for the treatment of pain in cervical dystonia. Twenty-one patients with painful cervical dystonia (11female/10 male, mean age 43 years) were included in the 3-month prospective study.The patients baseline level of pain, dystonia score (Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scal), Quality of life score, Functiona capacity score, physician's and patient's Global assessment scale were assessed before Botox injections and each week during 3-month study. Our result shown statistically significant (p<0.05) pain relief already one week after treatment. On the contrary dystonia score did not changed during the study. Quality of life and patients's global assessment were also significantly improved as well as rehabilitation procedure. This indicates that pain relief in cervical dystonia patients could be related not only to muscle relaxing properties of Botox, but also to some additional mechanisms

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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