Electrophysiological evaluation of the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) in assessing poststroke wrist flexor spasticity

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 177-184

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

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex; Modified Tardieu Scale; spasticity; Stroke; validity

Indexed keywords

H-REFLEX; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; SPASTICITY; STROKE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; WRIST;

EID: 84894134538     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-131016     Document Type: Article

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