Symptomatic upper limb spasticity in patients with chronic stroke attending a rehabilitation clinic: Frequency, clinical correlates and predictors

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-457

  Kong, Keng He ^a   Chua, Karen S G ^a   Lee, Jeanette ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPASTICITY; STROKE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77953084586     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0545     Document Type: Article

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