Stroke is one of the leading causes for disability worldwide. Motor function deficits due to
stroke affect the patients' mobility, their limitation in daily life activities, their participation in …

Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) is a method for quantifying progress on personal goals.
Turner-Stokes's guide to GAS is a method for quantifying progress towards personal goals …

Objective: To evaluate safety (primary objective) and efficacy of increasing doses (400 U up
to 800 U) of incobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin, Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH) for patients with …

Upper limb spasticity affecting elbow, wrist, and finger flexors can be safely and effectively
reduced with injections of botulinum toxin type‐A (BoNT‐A). It has been best studied in …

Background Spasticity may affect stroke survivors by contributing to activity limitations,
caregiver burden, pain and reduced quality of life (QoL). Spasticity management guidelines …

Abstract Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) is a method for writing personalized evaluation
scales to quantify progress toward defined rehabilitation goals. In the published literature …

Assessing the outcomes of interventions in mental health care is both important and
challenging. The aim of this paper is to advance the field of outcomes research by proposing …

Objective To provide a comprehensive overview of reported effects and scientific robustness
of botulinum toxin (BoNT) treatment regarding the main clinical goals related to poststroke …

Poststroke spasticity (PSS) is associated with significant consequences for a patient's
functional status and quality of life. Nonetheless, no uniform definition of spasticity exists that …

Spasticity is a movement disorder, defined as a velocity-dependent increase in stretch
reflexes 1 due to impaired supraspinal inhibitory signals. Recent observations suggest …