Reliability of potential clinical measures of muscle tone in the elbows of patients after stroke

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 554-560

  Scott Worley, J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Joint mobility; Muscle spasticity; Muscle tonus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELBOW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0030185018     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.50.7.554     Document Type: Article

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