The Modified Tardieu Scale for the measurement of elbow flexor spasticity in adult patients with hemiplegia

Brain Injury

Volumn 22, Issue 13-14, 2008, Pages 1007-1012

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Hasson, Scott ^b   Azarsa, Mohammad Hasan ^a   Azarnia, Somaye ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiplegia; Inter rater reliability; Modified Tardieu Scale; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; SPASTICITY;

EID: 65449115656     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802530557     Document Type: Article

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