Intra-rater reliability of the Modified Tardieu Scale in patients with multiple sclerosis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 93-99

  Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Ghorbani rad, Sedighe ^a   Senobari, Maryam ^a   Sahraian, Mohammad Ali ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lower limb; Modified Tardieu Scale; Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation; Reliability; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; DISABILITY; EVALUATION STUDY; LOWER LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987623310     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-016-2714-7     Document Type: Article

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