Quantifying repeatability of the Wartenberg pendulum test parameters in children with spasticity

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-344

  Syczewska, Malgorzata ^a   Lebiedowska, Maria K ^b   Pandyan, Anand D ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Repeatability; Spasticity; Wartenberg's test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREATER TROCHANTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; WARTENBERG TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60749134930     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.12.031     Document Type: Article

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