Feasibility, test-retest reliability, and interrater reliability of the Modified Ashworth Scale and Modified Tardieu Scale in persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 613-620

  Waninge, A ^a,b   Rook, R A ^b   Dijkhuizen, A ^b   Gielen, E ^a   van der Schans, C P ^b  

^a Royal Dutch Visio De Brink ^*  (Netherlands)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Modified Ashworth Scale; Modified Tardieu Scale; Muscle tone; Persons with PIMD; Profound intellectual and multiple disabilities; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; MUSCLE TONE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79851515552     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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