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The FDA cleared Botox for upper-limb spasticity one previously off-label treatment involved in the case earlier this year.
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Eighty-seven percent of the children had “upper-limb trauma,” mostly broken wrists.
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Eighty-seven percent of the children had “upper-limb trauma,” mostly broken wrists.
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Establishing an initiative to provide aesthetic, upper-limb prosthetics to amputees who cannot afford them.
President Clinton Appoints White House Fellows ITY National Archives 2000
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"Assno the fuckin 'point but, is it?" he yelped, a flurry of upper-limb gesticulation.
Country of the Blind Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1997
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Lo A, et al "Robot-assisted therapy for long-term upper-limb impairment after stroke"
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010
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Those who underwent 12 weeks of therapy using the robotic device reported statistically significant improvements in their quality of life, and greater improvements in their upper-limb function compared with those receiving usual care, the researchers found.
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In this new study, the participants were divided into three groups: one group was assigned to upper-limb therapy aided by robots designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a second group participated in similar upper-limb exercises with a therapist; and the third group received general health care but no special stroke therapy for their arm ( "usual care").
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In patients with long-term upper-limb deficits after stroke, robot-assisted therapy did not significantly improve motor function at 12 weeks, as compared with usual care or intensive therapy.
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Lo A, et al "Robot-assisted therapy for long-term upper-limb impairment after stroke"
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010
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