Special considerations for research with pharmacologic agents.
As physical medicine and rehabilitation becomes more and more complicated, the medical rehabilitation research teams are often bewildered by the sweeping changes occurring in the application of therapeutic drugs for rehabilitation. Society, through the instrument of governmental regulations, dictates that all new treatments must be efficacious before "release."
Basmajian
J V
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Chedoke Rehabilitation Centre, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
D000818:Animals; D003620:Dantrolene / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004341:Drug Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000188:drug therapy; D010600:Pharmacology; D010919:Placebos; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
D010919:Placebos; D003620:Dantrolene