Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Hemifacial Spasm: An Update on Clinical Studies
Toxins, 2021 Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of the facial muscles innervated by the seventh cranial nerve.
Lucilla Parnetti +2 more
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Spasmolytic Effect of Black Bile-reducing Plants from Lamiaceae: the correlation between Traditional Iranian Medicine and Pharmacological and Phytochemical surveys [PDF]
Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022 The roots of Traditional Iranian Medicine (TIM) go back to thousand years ago. Based on TIM, black bile, one of the four humors within the body, is the concentrated part of the blood representing a cold and dry quality.
Fatemeh Rostaminejad +2 more
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Spasmolytic effect of Lonicera japonica extracts on isolated uterus smooth muscle contractions [PDF]
Journal of HerbMed Pharmacology, 2021 Introduction: Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is an ornamental flowering plant with numerous traditional medicinal uses. It has been claimed to have anti-spasmodic activities, but only limited studies have been done to support this. The objective of this
Hassan Sadraei +2 more
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Development and Evaluation of Nanoemulsion Loaded Metaxalone for the Treatment of Pain and Injury
Engineering Proceedings, 2023 Spasticity is a disorder characterized by an unnatural rise in muscular tone or stiffness, which may impair speech or movement and be accompanied by discomfort or pain.
Shivani S. Pawar +2 more
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Prognostic value of EEG in West syndrome [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018 Background/Aim. West syndrome (WS) is an epileptic encephalopathy which is characterized by the trias: infantile spasms, psychomotor delay and specific electroencephalography (EEG) pattern.
Nikolić Dimitrije M. +5 more
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Spread of Muscle Spasms in Hemifacial Spasm [PDF]
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2014 Abstract Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a clinical condition characterized by involuntary contractions in facial muscles. The aim of the study was to investigate, systematically in 178 patients with HFS, the frequency of spread from the site of origin to other facial muscles.
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Successful Treatment of Neonatal Pylorospasm with Intravenous Atropine [PDF]
Neonatal Medicine, 2019 Pylorospasm is a cause of delayed gastric emptying in young infants. As in patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, most pylorospasm patients present with projectile vomiting.
Hyeong Jung Kim +8 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 Respiratory failure because of muscle spasms is a major sequela of tetanus. Spasms can be controlled with sedation and adjunctive treatment, albeit at the expense of respiratory drive and weakness.
Keita Imanishi, Kazuhiro Yasuo
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The protective effects of lavender herbal tea on spasticity and ataxia in patients with multiple sclerosis [PDF]
Future Natural Products, 2023 Background and aims: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease with (an) unknown cause(s) that affects the central nervous system, the brain, and the spinal cord and causes loss of control, vision, balance, and sensation.
Nahid Jivad +3 more
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Low power laser in the treatment of the acute low back pain [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2011 Beckground/Aim. Acute low back pain (ALBP) is one of the most frequent painful conditions in the human population. The objective of the paper was to compare the efficacy of the low power laser (LPL) in the pain and the muscular spasm reduction with ...
Mandić Milan, Rančić Nataša
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