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| Title |
Evaluation of the effects of botulinum toxin A injections when used to improve ease of care and comfort in children with cerebral palsy whom are non-ambulant: a double blind randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
BMC Pediatrics, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2431-12-120 |
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| Authors |
Megan Thorley, Samantha Donaghey, Priya Edwards, Lisa Copeland, Megan Kentish, Kim McLennan, Jayne Lindsley, Laura Gascoigne-Pees, Leanne Sakzewski, Roslyn N Boyd |
| Abstract |
Children with cerebral palsy (CP) whom are non-ambulant are at risk of reduced quality of life and poor health status. Severe spasticity leads to discomfort and pain. Carer burden for families is significant. This study aims to determine whether intramuscular injections of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) combined with a regime of standard therapy has a positive effect on care and comfort for children with CP whom are non-ambulant (GMFCS IV/V), compared with standard therapy alone (cycle I), and whether repeated injections with the same regime of adjunctive therapy results in greater benefits compared with a single injecting episode (cycle II). The regime of therapy will include serial casting, splinting and/or provision of orthoses, as indicated, combined with four sessions of goal directed occupational therapy or physiotherapy. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 204 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 198 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 14% |
| Researcher | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 9% |
| Other | 39 | 19% |
| Unknown | 50 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 37 | 18% |
| Psychology | 10 | 5% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 27 | 13% |
| Unknown | 60 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 August 2012.
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#15,248,503
of 22,673,450 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#2,017
of 2,975 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#106,254
of 166,798 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#38
of 56 outputs
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