Spasticity after Stroke: Its Occurrence and Association with Motor Impairments and Activity Limitations

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 134-139

  Sommerfeld, Disa K ^a,b,c   Eek, Elsy U B ^a   Svensson, Anna Karin ^b   Holmqvist, Lotta Widén ^b   Von Arbin, Magnus H ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NLPO   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Motor activity; Muscle spasticity; Paresis; Prevalence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BIRGITTA LINDMARK MOTOR PERFORMANCE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GET UP AND GO TEST; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; NINE HOLE PEG TEST FOR MANUAL DEXTERITY; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TENDON REFLEX;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARESIS; PREVALENCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SWEDEN; TIME;

EID: 0347600948     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000105386.05173.5E     Document Type: Article

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