Journal of Pain Research (Sep 2018)

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

  • Ko GD,
  • Lam KI,
  • Looi J,
  • Koprowicz KT,
  • Tsai M,
  • Hein TR

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 11
pp. 1967 – 1970

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Gordon D Ko,1,2 Kim Isabelle Lam,1 Jonathan Looi,1 Kinga T Koprowicz,1 Mark Tsai,1 Thomas R Hein1 1Canadian Centre for Integrative Medicine, Markham, ON, Canada; 2Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Abstract: 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. Keywords: osteoarthritis, pain management, injection, Botox, knee

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