Relationship between ultrasonographic, electromyographic, and clinical parameters in adult stroke patients with spastic equinus: An observational study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1564-1570

  Picelli, Alessandro ^a   Tamburin, Stefano ^a   Cavazza, Stefano ^b   Scampoli, Claudia ^b   Manca, Mario ^c   Cosma, Michela ^c   Berto, Giulia ^a   Vallies, Gabriella ^a   Roncari, Laura ^a   Melotti, Camilla ^a   Santilli, Valter ^d   Smania, Nicola ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c San Giorgio Hospital   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Muscle spasticity; Muscle, skeletal; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE THICKNESS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PES EQUINUS; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; STROKE PATIENT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REHABILITATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STROKE;

EID: 84905105529     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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