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  • The FDA cleared Botox for upper-limb spasticity one previously off-label treatment involved in the case earlier this year.

    Botox Allegations Settled With U.S. for $600 Million 2010

  • Eighty-seven percent of the children had “upper-limb trauma,” mostly broken wrists.

    Walk and roll with care 2007

  • Eighty-seven percent of the children had “upper-limb trauma,” mostly broken wrists.

    Walk and roll with care 2007

  • 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

  • "Assno the fuckin 'point but, is it?" he yelped, a flurry of upper-limb gesticulation.

    Country of the Blind Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1997

  • Lo A, et al "Robot-assisted therapy for long-term upper-limb impairment after stroke"

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • 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.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • 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").

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • 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.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • 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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