Interrater reliability of modified ashworth scale and modified tardieu scale in children with spastic cerebral palsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1031-1035

  Yam, Winnie Ka Ling ^a   Leung, Milan So Mei ^b  

^a ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Alice Ho Miu Ling Methersole Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; MUSCLE TONE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846363140     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/7010.2006.00222     Document Type: Article

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