Intra-and interrater reliability of the modified tardieu scale for the assessment of lower limb spasticity in adults with neurologic injuries

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2494-2501

  Ben Shabat, Ettie ^a   Palit, Mithu ^a   Fini, Natalie A ^a   Brooks, Catherine T ^a   Winter, Adele ^a   Holland, Anne E ^b,c  

^a CAULFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Muscle spasticity; Muscle tone increased; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; LOWER LIMB SPASTICITY; MALE; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANGLE OF FULL, SLOW PASSIVE RANGE OF MOVEMENT; ANGLE OF RESISTANCE FIRST FELT DURING FAST PASSIVE MOVEMENTS; ICC; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LIMITS OF AGREEMENT; LOA; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; MTS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONE INCREASED; R1; R2; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84888345500     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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