Abstract

Spasticity is a motor disease characterized by a velocity-dependent acceleration in muscle tone or tonic stretch reflexes linked to hypertonia. Lower limb spasticity has been successfully treated with botulinum neurotoxin; however, the injection sites have not been generalized. Sihler's stain has been used to visualize intramuscular nerve distribution to guide botulinum neurotoxin injection. Sihler staining is a whole-mount nerve staining technique that allows visualization of nerve distribution and mapping of entire nerve supply patterns in skeletal muscle with hematoxylin-stained myelinated nerve fibers. This study reviewed and summarized previous lower extremity spasticity studies to determine the ideal injection site for botulinum neurotoxin.

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