A preliminary study into the criterion validity of the modified Modified Ashworth scale using the new measure of the alpha motoneuron excitability in spastic hemiplegia

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-192

  Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Ebrahimi, I ^a   Asgari, A ^b   Olyaei, G R ^a   Kazemnejad, A ^c   Mansouri, K ^d   Ansari, N N ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Baghiatollah University   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

H reflex; Measurement; Modified modified ashworth scale; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WRIST;

EID: 34249804165     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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