Botox Frees Muscles for Stroke Patients in the Know - NYTimes.com: "After her stroke, Francine V. Corso, a software engineer who worked on NASA’s lunar lander, was housebound from 1992 to 2001.
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TEST A rubber arm with sensors that beep when a needle hits the proper muscle. “I think it’s valuable to make sure you’re in the right place,” Dr. Simpson said.
Her left arm was twisted up near her neck, making it difficult to pull on a blouse, and her fingers curled so rigidly that her nails buried themselves in her palm. When she finally learned to rise from her wheelchair, her contorted left leg had the so-called horse gait of many brain-injury victims — she stepped toe-downward, and then fought to keep her foot from rolling over.
Now, with injections of botulinum toxin every three months, she says, “I’m completely transformed"
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