Effects of hypertonia on contracture development in rat spinal cord injury.
Hideki MoriyamaJunya OzawaTakumi YakuwaShota InoueTaisei WakigawaNobuhiro KitoYoshitada SakaiToshihiro AkisuePublished in: Spinal cord (2019)
This animal study provides new evidence that hypertonia is not the sole cause rather is the partial contributor of contractures after spinal cord injuries. Furthermore, botulinum toxin has adverse effects in the muscle.