Clinical assessment of spasticity in spinal cord injury: A multidimensional problem

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 713-716

  Priebe, Michael M ^a,b   Sherwood, Arthur M ^a   Thornby, John I ^a   Kharas, Noshir F ^a   Markowski, Janusz ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLONUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0030011469     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90014-3     Document Type: Article

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