Beyond the muscular effects – onabotulinumtoxinA injections for pain control in chronic knee osteoarthritis: a case report

We present a long-standing case of an 88-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities receiving intra-articular Botox(®) (onabotulinumtoxinA) injections for bilateral chronic knee osteoarthritis. She reported improved pain control and function supported by validated outcome measures.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ko, Gordon D, Lam, Kim Isabelle, Looi, Jonathan, Koprowicz, Kinga T, Tsai, Mark, Hein, Thomas R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6160270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30288091
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S159841
Descripción
Sumario:We present a long-standing case of an 88-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities receiving intra-articular Botox(®) (onabotulinumtoxinA) injections for bilateral chronic knee osteoarthritis. She reported improved pain control and function supported by validated outcome measures.

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