The inter rater reliability of the original and of the modified Ashworth scale for the assessment of spasticity in patients with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 560-564

  Haas, B M ^a   Bergstrom E ^b   Jamous, A ^b   Bennie, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ashworth scale; Assessment; Measurement; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0029784562     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.100     Document Type: Article

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