Test-retest and inter-rater reliability of a method to measure wrist and finger spasticity

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 630-636

  Gäverth, Johan ^a,b   Sandgren, Maria ^c   Lindberg, Pavel G ^a,c,d   Forssberg, Hans ^a   Eliasson, Ann Christin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hand; Medical instrument; Muscle spasticity; Outcome assessment; Stroke; Upper extremity; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND JOINT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880263005     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1160     Document Type: Article

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