Development of a self-report scale of spasticity

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 485-492

  Barker, Steve ^a   Horton, Mike ^a   Kent, Ruth ^a,b   Tennant, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

questionnaire; Rasch model; spasticity; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYALGIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; SPASTICITY; SPASTICITY SCALE; STROKE PATIENT; COMPLICATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STROKE;

EID: 84888374675     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2006-485     Document Type: Article

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