A new biomechanical method for objective measurement of spasticity: A preliminary study

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Karimi, Hosein ^b   Farahmand, Farzam ^c   Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Faghihzadeh, Soghrat ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hemiplegia; Measurement; Spasticity; Velocity reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449104035     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2007.14.2.23516     Document Type: Article

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