The effect of physiotherapeutic ultrasound on muscle spasticity in patients with hemiplegia: A pilot study

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Adelmanesh, F ^b   Naghdi, S ^a   Tabtabaei, A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Physiotherapy; Spasticity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33747155276     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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