Neurophysiological examination of the Modified Modified Ashworth Scale (MMAS) in patients with wrist flexor spasticity after stroke

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-41

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

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

H reflex; Modified modified ashworth scale; Spasticity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; VALIDITY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; WRIST;

EID: 38949156712     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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