Toward an epidemiology of poststroke spasticity

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 3 SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Wissel, Jörg ^a   Manack, Aubrey ^b,c   Brainin, Michael ^d,e  

^a Vivantes Klinikum Spandau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^d DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^e Landesklinikum Donauregion Tulln   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; ORTHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTSTROKE SPASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; RANKIN SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 84873693009     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3182762448     Document Type: Review

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