Reliability of the Tardieu Scale for Assessing Spasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-428

  Gracies, Jean Michel ^c   Burke, Kim ^b   Clegg, Nancy J ^b   Browne, Richard ^b   Rushing, Charter ^b   Fehlings, Darcy ^d   Matthews, Dennis ^e   Tilton, Ann ^f   Delgado, Mauricio R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLONUS; ELBOW; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; TARDIEU SCALE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING;

EID: 77949276831     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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