Lower extremity spasticity as an early marker of ambulatory recovery following traumatic brain injury

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-118

  Dumas, Helene M ^a   Haley, Stephen M ^a,b   Carey, Tara M ^a   Ludlow, Larry H ^c   Rabin, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Child; Muscle spasticity; Sensitivity and specificity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOBILIZATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPASTICITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; HOSPITALIZATION; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHABILITATION CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038181342     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0696-7     Document Type: Article

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