Oral Baclofen Increases Maximal Voluntary Neuromuscular Activation of Ankle Plantar Flexors in Children With Spasticity Due to Cerebral Palsy

Johan van Doornik, Sahana Kukke, Kevin McGill , Jessica Rose, Sara Sherman-Levine , and Terence D. Sanger 

This study conducted on 10 children investigates whether this use of Baclofen to reduce spasticity facilitates strenghtening of the antagonistic weak muscles. It concludes positively.

Journal of Child Neurology, 15 Feb 2008, online article ahead of press

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