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Below are links to abstracts of some of the more recent research papers on aspects of spasticity which may be of interest to you.

• BMJ 2000;320:161-165 (15 January)
  
  Uses of botulinum toxin injection in medicine today – A Clinical Review
  
  A Münchau, research fellow, K P Bhatia, senior lecturer.

• BMJ 2000;320:1385-1388 (20 May)
  
  Recent advances in rehabilitation
  
  Derick T Wade, consultant and professor in neurological disability, Bareld A de Jong, consultant in rehabilitation medicine

The following papers are all available through www.medscape.com. Register and use their onsite search engine to locate the specific paper(s) you are interested in.

Br Med Bull 2000;56(2):476-85

Management of Spasticity in Stroke


Bhakta BB

Stroke 2000 Oct;31(10):2402-6

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of three Doses of Botulinum Toxin Type A (Dysport) With Placebo In Upper Limb Spasticity After Stroke


Bakheit AM, Thilmann AF, Ward AB, Poewe W, Wissel J, Muller J, et al.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000 Aug;69(2):217-21

Impact of Botulinum Toxin Type A on Disability and Carer Burden Due to Arm Spasticity After Stroke: A Randomised Double Blind Placebo Controlled Trial


Bhakta BB, Cozens JA, Chamberlain MA, Bamford JM

Clin Neurophysiol 2000 Jun;111(6):1015-22

Quantitative Measures of Spasticity in Post-Stroke Patients


Pisano F, Miscio G, Del Conte C, Pianca D, Candeloro E, Colombo R

• Am J Phys Med Rehabil (United States), May 2001, 80(5) p383-7
  
  Intrathecal baclofen for spasticity caused by thrombotic stroke.
  
  
  Gwartz BL
  

• Clin Rehabil (England), Apr 2001, 15(2) p186-94
  
  Do associated reactions in the upper limb after stroke contribute to contracture formation?
  
  
  Ada L, Q'Dwyer N
  
  
• J Trauma (United States), Jan 2001, 50(1) p158-61
  
  Intrathecal baclofen after traumatic brain injury: early treatment using a new technique to prevent spasticity.
  
  Francois B, Vacher P, Roustan J, et al.
  

• Am J Phys Med Rehabil (United States), Nov-Dec 2000, 79(6) p536-41
  
  Intrathecal baclofen pump use for spasticity: a clinical survey.
  
  Stempien L, Tsai T
  

• Surg Neurol (United States), Aug 2000, 54(2) p126-32;
  
  Nerve rootlets to be sectioned for spasticity resolution in selective dorsal rhizotomy.
  
  Fukuhara T, Najm IM, Levin KH, et al.

• Managing Spasticity in Adults with Botulinum Toxin: A Guide to Clinical Practice
  
  Dr Anthony Ward