Botulinum toxin type A injections can be an effective treatment for pain in children with hip spasms and cerebral palsy

CT Lundy, GM Doherty… - … Medicine & Child …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT‐A) injections were used in the treatment of lower‐limb
spasticity in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Anecdotal evidence suggests a reduction in …

Botulinum toxin in the management of spastic hip adductors in non-ambulatory cerebral palsy children

B Deleplanque, A Lagueny, V Flurin… - Revue de Chirurgie …, 2002 - europepmc.org
Results There were no adverse effects of the treatment. Spasticity decreased by one point or
more on the Ashworth scale in 20 hips at month 1 and remained low at month 3 in 14, and at …

Analgesic effects of botulinum toxin A: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

S Barwood, C Baillieu, R Boyd, K Brereton… - … medicine and child …, 2000 - cambridge.org
Postoperative pain in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) is often attributed to muscle
spasm and is difficult to manage using opiates and benzodiazepines. Adductor-release …

The effect of botulinum toxin type A and a variable hip abduction orthosis on gross motor function: a randomized controlled trial

RN Boyd, F Dobson, J Parrott, S Love… - European Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Hip displacement is the second most common deformity after equinus in children with
cerebral palsy (CP), and may result in dislocation, pain, fixed deformity and loss of function …

The impact of botulinum toxin A and abduction bracing on long‐term hip development in children with cerebral palsy

K Willoughby, SG Ang, P Thomason… - … Medicine & Child …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To study the long‐term impact of 3 years of botulinum toxin A (BoNT‐A) injections and
abduction bracing on hip development in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) …

Hip lateralisation in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy treated with botulinum toxin type A: a 2-year follow-up

NH Jung, F Heinen, B Westhoff, L Doederlein… - …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
We investigated the effect of BoNT/A injection on hip lateralisation in children with bilateral
spastic cerebral palsy and bilateral adductor spasticity. Pelvic radiographs using Reimers' …

Botulinum toxin A treatment of the lower extremities in children with cerebral palsy

G Molenaers, K Fagard… - Journal of children's …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives In the last 2 decades, BTX-A is increasingly being used in the management of
spasticity in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and there is no doubt about its effect on range …

Parent-proxy ratings of pain before and after botulinum toxin type A treatment for children with spasticity and cerebral palsy

PF Rivard, AC Nugent, FJ Symons - The Clinical journal of pain, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective To test the hypothesis that pain would be reduced after botulinum toxin type A
(Btx/A) treatment for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method Thirty-four pediatric patients …

Long-term effect of repeated injections of botulinum toxin in children with cerebral palsy: a prospective study

A Fattal-Valevski, D Domenievitz… - Journal of children's …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose To prospectively evaluate long-term effects of repeated botulinum toxin A (BTX-A)
injections in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods Repeated injections of BTX-A were …

Spasticity associated with cerebral palsy in children: guidelines for the use of botulinum A toxin

LA Koman, BP Smith, R Balkrishnan - Pediatric Drugs, 2003 - Springer
Botulinum A toxin produces selective and reversible chemodenervation that can be
employed to balance muscle forces across joints in children with cerebral palsy (CP) …