Reliability and sensitivity of a wrist rig to measure motor control and spasticity in poststroke hemiplegia

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 684-696

  Turk, Ruth ^a   Notley, Scott V ^a   Pickering, Ruth M ^b   Simpson, David M ^a   Wright, Philip A ^c,d   Burridge, Jane H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Measurement; Motor control; Spasticity; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WRIST RIG TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; WRIST;

EID: 54249155973     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308315599     Document Type: Article

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