The construct validity of a spasticity measurement device for clinical practice: An alternative to the Ashworth scales

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 579-585

  Pandyan, Anand D ^a   Van Wijck, Frederike M J ^b   Stark, Sandra ^d   Vuadens, Philippe ^c   Johnson, Garth R ^e   Barnes, Michael P ^d,e  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SUVA   (Switzerland)

^d Hunters Moor Regional Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ashworth scales; Measurement; Spasticity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELBOW; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646690544     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500242390     Document Type: Article

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