Reliability of clinical spasticity measurements in patients with cervical spinal cord injury;Wiarygodność badania objawów klinicznych spastyczności u chorych po urazie rdzenia kregowego w odcinku szyjnym

Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-483

  Tederko, Piotr ^a,b,c   Krasuski, Marek ^a,b   Czech, Julita ^b   Dargiel, Agnieszka ^b   Garwacka Jodzis, Iwona ^b   Wojciechowska, Anna ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Rehabilitation Centre   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Modified Ashworth Scale; Signs; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE TONE; MYOCLONIC AND TENDON REFLEX EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPASTICITY; CERVICAL SPINE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 43049162916     PISSN: 15093492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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