Assessment of the Benefits of the Addition of Botulinum Toxin A to a Repetitive Facilitative Exercise Program for the Upper Paretic Extremity in Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study. - Assessment of the Benefits of the Addition of Botulinum Toxin A to a Repetitive Facilitative Exercise Program for the Upper Paretic Extremity in Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study.

All participants completed this study. After 4 weeks, the intervention group evidenced a significantly greater increase in FMA score (median 11.0 [range 4-20]) than the control group (median 3.0 [range 0-9]) (P < .01, r = 0.79); as well as improvements in the other measures such as ARAT (median 12.5 [range 4-22] vs 7 [0-13]) (P < .01, r = 0.6), and MAS in the elbow flexors (median -1.5 [range -2 to 0] vs -1 [-2 to 0]) (P < .01, r = 0.45).