Further evaluation of the scoring, reliability, and validity of the hypertonia assessment tool (HAT)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 500-504

  Knights, Shannon ^a   Datoo, Natasha ^b   Kawamura, Anne ^a,c   Switzer, Lauren ^a   Fehlings, Darcy ^a,c  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; dystonia; hypertonia; Hypertonia Assessment Tool (HAT); rigidity; videotape analysis spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DYSTONIA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERTONIA ASSESSMENT TOOL; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING; COMPLICATION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84898930795     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813483903     Document Type: Article

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