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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Pharmateca</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Pharmateca</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Фарматека</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2073-4034</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2414-9128</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Bionika Media</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">695621</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18565/pharmateca.2025.6.113-119</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Neurology</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Неврология</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">In search of the “gold standard” for the treatment of post-stroke upper limb spasticity</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>В поисках «золотого стандарта» лечения постинсультной спастичности верхней конечности</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9287-966X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Serdyuk</surname><given-names>Anna V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сердюк</surname><given-names>Анна Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Department of Fundamental and Clinical Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н., доцент кафедры фундаментальной и клинической неврологии, нейрохирургии и медицинской генетики ИНН</p></bio><email>aserdyuk@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский национальный исследовательский медицинский университет им. Н.И. Пирогова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>32</volume><issue>6</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>113</fpage><lpage>119</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-31"><day>31</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-10-31"><day>31</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Bionika Media</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, ООО «Бионика Медиа»</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bionika Media</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">ООО «Бионика Медиа»</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/2073-4034/article/view/695621">https://journals.eco-vector.com/2073-4034/article/view/695621</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Since the advent of botulinum toxin type A (BT-A) preparations, trials to study their efficacy, safety, doses and routes of administration, and their impact on the lives of patients and caregivers have been conducted worldwide. To date, extensive experience has been accumulated in the use of botulinum therapy for various conditions, including spasticity. The review is devoted to the use of BT-A preparations for post-stroke spasticity in the arm. The capabilities and limitations of the method are considered.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Со времени появления препаратов ботулинического токсина типа А (БТ-А) в мире ведутся исследования их эффективности, безопасности, доз и способов введения, влияния на жизнь пациентов и лиц, ухаживающих за ними. К настоящему времени накоплен большой опыт в использовании ботулинотерапии при различных состояниях, включая спастичность. Обзор посвящен применению препаратов БТ-А при постинсультной спастичности в руке. Рассмотрены возможности и ограничения метода.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>post-stroke spasticity</kwd><kwd>upper limb</kwd><kwd>botulinum toxin type A</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>постинсульная спастичность</kwd><kwd>верхняя конечность</kwd><kwd>ботулотоксин типа А</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Толмачева В.А. Постинсультнаяя спастичность, индивидуализированный подход к лечению. Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика. 2016;8(4):71–6. [Tolmacheva V.A. Poststroke spasticity: an individualized approach to treatment. Neurol Neuropsych Psychosomat. 2016;8(4):71–6. (In Russ.)]. https://doi.org/10.14412/2074-2711-2016-4-71-76</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Катушкина Э.А., Зиновьева О.Е. Постинсультная спастичность: современное состояние проблемы, методы лечения. Врач. 2014;(9):8–12. 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