Efficacy of therapeutic ultrasound in the treatment of spasticity: A randomized controlled study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-66

  Sahin, Nilay ^a   Ugurlu, Hatice ^a   Karahan, Ali Yavuz ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

electrophysiological; randomized controlled study; Spasticity; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRUNNSTROM MOTOR RECOVERY STAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052651631     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0678     Document Type: Article

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