Pain Management Strategies for Botulinum Toxin Type A Injections in Children: A Comprehensive National Survey and Procedural Protocol.

Introduction: Botulinum toxin type A injections are a first-line treatment for spasticity in children. Our purpose is to delineate the national landscape concerning pain management for botulinum toxin type A injections in pediatric patients and to formulate a protocol grounded in current scientific evidence.

Methods: We conducted a nationwide survey targeting physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists performing botulinum toxin type A injections for focal spasticity in children in Portugal.

Spinal cord infarction in children: Can gymnastics be a cause?

Introduction: Spinal cord infarction (SCI) in children is rare and difficult to diagnose. Fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE) is probably the underlying cause for some unexplained cases of spinal cord infarcts. Abrupt back pain followed by a progressive syndrome of myelopathy appears to be the typical presentation, with a close temporal relationship between the onset of symptoms and preceding minor trauma.

[From Vegetative State to Participation: Amantadine As a Trigger of the Rehabilitation Program].

The use of amantadine in clinical practice still seems limited, despite its increasing evidence in the emergence of vegetative state after traumatic brain injury. We describe the case of an adolescent with severe traumatic brain injury after being run over by a car. After four months of hospitalization in a Central Hospital where he remained in a vegetative state, he was transferred to a Rehabilitation Center.

[Camurati-Engelmann disease: a case report].

Camurati-Engelmann disease (CED) or progressive diaphyseal dysplasia is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary disorder, characterized by symmetrical progressive sclerosis of long bones cortical diaphysis. Its presentation and progression is extremely variable. A patient of 42 years is followed in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) consultation for 7 years.