Stop using the Ashworth scale for the assessment of spasticity

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-

  Sunnerhagen, Katharina S ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASHWORTH SCALE; DYNAMOMETER; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPASTICITY;

HUMANS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73449137907     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.189068     Document Type: Editorial

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