Inter-rater reliability of the Modified Ashworth Scale and modified Modified Ashworth Scale in assessing poststroke elbow flexor spasticity

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-64

  Kaya, Taciser ^a   Goksel Karatepe, Altinay ^a   Gunaydin, Rezzan ^a   Koc, Aysegul ^a   Altundal Ercan, Ulku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Turkey)

Author keywords

hemiplegia; inter rater variation; muscle spasticity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICES; ELBOW FLEXOR; HEMIPLEGIA; INTER-RATER VARIATION; KAPPA VALUES; MEAN AGES; SPASTICITY;

MUSCLE;

RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TENDON; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; TENDONS;

EID: 79952187482     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e32833d6cdf     Document Type: Article

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