Spasticity is involuntary overactivity of muscles ... time to dress upper body, FAT, finger curl, global clinical assessment score, gait (if mobile) 2, 6, 12 Decreased wrist and finger MAS score ...
The most commonly reported use of botulinum toxin among these cases was treatment of limb muscle spasticity associated with cerebral palsy. For Botox, doses ranged from 6.25 to 32 Units/kilogram ...
Allergan’s Botox has another clinical use after the FDA granted approval for children with upper limb spasticity. The drug was first approved clinically for upper limb spasticity in adults in ...
The FDA has approved Allergan’s Botox to treat lower-limb spasticity in children, further extending the use of the drug – widely used as a wrinkle treatment – in therapeutic indications.