A validity study of The Modified Tardieu Scale in measruing poststroke knee extensor spasticity

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 405-415

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Dadgoo, Mehdi ^b   Senobari, Maryam ^a   Gholami, Samaneh ^a   Tabatabaei, Azadeh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Isokinetic dynamometer; Modified Tardieu Scale; Spasticity; Stroke; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; IRAN; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTSTROKE KNEE EXTENSOR SPASTICITY; SPASTICITY; STROKE PATIENT; VALIDITY;

EID: 84907284512     PISSN: 10239510     EISSN: 20082843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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