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ArticleToxins2021

Continuous Increase of Efficacy under Repetitive Injections of Botulinum Toxin Type/A beyond the First Treatment for Adult Spastic Foot Drop.

Harald Hefter, Werner Nickels, Dietmar Rosenthal, Sara Samadzadeh, Philipp Albrecht

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Article in Toxins, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harald HefterDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1069-7684
Werner NickelsDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Dietmar RosenthalDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sara SamadzadehDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Philipp AlbrechtDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Düsseldorf University Hospital · DE

Funding

from German federal state North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund: Investing in Your Future (Grant number: EFRE-0800962/LS-1-2-015d)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to quantify the increase in efficacy during the first four cycles of treatment with botulinum toxin type/A (BoNT/A) in 24 free-walking BoNT/A naïve adult patients with post-stroke hemispasticity and spastic foot drop. Patients were followed over 390 days and received five injections of 800 U aboBoNT/A every three months. Patients assessed the treatment effect at eight visits using a global assessment scale, physicians scored the muscle tone at the ankle joint, measured active and passive ranges of motion (aRoMs, pRoMs) at the knee and ankle joint and determined the distance patients succeeded to walk during a minute. Patients' assessments significantly (

Indexed as

AdultBotulinum Toxins, Type AHumansInjections, IntramuscularMuscle SpasticityNeuromuscular AgentsPeroneal NeuropathiesRange of Motion, ArticularStroke RehabilitationWalkingBotulinum Toxins, Type ANeuromuscular AgentsaboBoNT/Aactive range of movementfunctional benefitgait velocitymotor learningspastic foot drop

Identifiers

PMID34357938
PMCPMC8310361
OpenAlexW3192265178

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