Patient ratings of spasticity during daily activities are only marginally associated with long-term surface electromyography

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Voerman, G E ^a   Fleuren, J F M ^a   Kallenberg, L A C ^a   Rietman, J S ^a,b   Snoek, G J ^a   Hermens, H J ^a,b  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSMETRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60249085850     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.147090     Document Type: Article

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