The correlation between Modified Ashworth Scale scores and the new index of alpha motoneurones excitability in post-stroke patients

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-115

  Naghdi, S ^a   Ansari, N N ^a   Mansouri, K ^b   Olyaei, G R ^a   Asgari, A ^c   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

Hslp Mslp ratio; Modified Ashworth Scale; Spasticity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASM; STROKE;

EID: 41449106138     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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