Impact of specific symptoms of spasticity on voluntary lower limb muscle function, gait and daily activities during subacute and chronic spinal cord injury

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 531-543

  Bravo Esteban, E ^a,b   Taylor, J ^a   Abian Vicen J ^c   Albu, S ^a   Simon Martinez C ^a   Torricelli, D ^b   Gomez Soriano J ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CAMILO JOSÉ CELA UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIS; flexor and extensor musce; hypertonia; manual muscle score; modified ashworth scale; penn scale; SCATS; SCI SET; spasms; spasticity severity; spasticity syndrome; Spinal cord injury; subacute and chronic spinal cord injury; WISCI II

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; LEG MUSCLE; LOWER LIMB MANUAL MUSCLE SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PENN SCALE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCATS SCALE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY SPASTICITY EVALUATION TOOL; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WISCI II;

AIS; FLEXOR AND EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HYPERTONIA; MANUAL MUSCLE SCORE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; PENN SCALE; SCATS; SCI-SET; SPASMS; SPASTICITY SEVERITY; SPASTICITY SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBACUTE AND CHRONIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; WISCI II;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892724737     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-131000     Document Type: Article

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