The effect of botulinum toxin-A on the functional ability of young children with spastic hemiplegia due to cerebral palsy

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The effect of botulinum toxin-A on the functional ability of young children with spastic hemiplegia due to cerebral palsy

The purpose of this thesis is to determine the impact of very early-start injection of botulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A) on the quality of movement and the functional ability of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Traditionally, physiotherapy either with or without orthotic management has always...

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Main Author:	Love, Sarah C.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2009
Subjects:	Botulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A) functional ability of young children cerebral palsy spastic hemiplegia
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/847

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