Comparing the validity of the Modified Modified Ashworth Scale (MMAS) and the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) in the assessment of wrist flexor spasticity in patients with stroke: Protocol for a neurophysiological study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Abolhasani, Hamid ^a   Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Mansouri, Korosh ^b   Ghotbi, Nastaran ^a   Hasson, Scott ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRAN; MODIFIED MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SPASTICITY; VALIDITY; WRIST FLEXOR MUSCLE;

EID: 84873802154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001394     Document Type: Article

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