Stroke Article Newsfeed

Botox Treatments

http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=48364&SecID=2

Reviewed by Jean Kirshenbaum

I may have spoken too soon in the previous issue. There isn’t always plenty of news about stroke. Not much of interest has appeared in the past six weeks, unless, of course, you are into golf. And who among us is on the PGA tour these days? Most of the headlines I scanned were about golf because one player or another was ahead or behind by one stroke. So why am I talking about golf (a game I used to play)? Because our news feed service picks up articles with the word “stroke” in the first paragraph. So many stories are about golf, (despite the fact that those articles are supposed to be screened out before they reach my strokenetwork.org mailbox).

But there was something of note about botox treatments for spasticity from stroke. Here’s the summary of the article I posted on June 2:

BOTOX Stroke Treatment --A high-tech needle is directing Botox treatment to the right muscles in stroke patients. Rehabilitation specialists at the Medical College of Wisconsin are using Botox to relax, but not paralyze, muscles that are too tense to move in stroke patients. Doctors use an electro-magnetic guided needle to identify the best place for the injection. An audible “squawk” lets them know they’ve found the right spot. Following the injection, study patients have their motion analyzed to measure progress. Results last for about three months before patients need to have another treatment.

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