Does botulinum neurotoxin A make walking easier in children with cerebral palsy? A randomized clinical trial.

Siri Merete BrændvikAnne Elisabeth Ross RaftemoKarin RoeleveldGuro Lillemoen AndersenKjersti RamstadTurid FollestadÅnen AarliMarcin BonikowskiTorstein Viknull null

Published in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2024)

One treatment with BoNT-A was not superior to placebo in making walking easier in children with CP classified in GMFCS levels I and II, at least in the short term. BoNT-A may have a pain-reducing effect.

Keyphrases

children with cerebral palsy
chronic pain
young adults
lower limb
pain management
neuropathic pain
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
spinal cord injury
smoking cessation
postoperative pain