Purpose: To discuss the measurement of spasticity in the clinical and research
environments, make recommendations based on the SPASM reviews of biomechanical …

Purpose: To characterise clinical assessment methods for spasticity and/or its functional
consequences in clinical patient populations at risk to suffer from spasticity. Method …

Objective: To assess and to compare the reliability of the Modified Tardieu Scale with the
Modified Ashworth Scale in patients with severe brain injury and impaired consciousness …

Purpose: To review the literature concerning neurophysiological methods to assess
spasticity with respect to mechanisms and methodology, and to describe the three most …

Benz EN, Hornby TG, Bode RK, Scheidt RA, Schmit BD. A physiologically based clinical
measure for spastic reflexes in spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 86: 52-9 …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) afflicts 1 in 1000 people in western countries, where it also is the
leading nontraumatic cause of neurologic disability in young adults. Untreated, from …

Pizzi A, Carlucci G, Falsini C, Verdesca S, Grippo A. Evaluation of upper-limb spasticity after
stroke: a clinical and neurophysiologic study. OBJECTIVES: To assess upper-limb spasticity …

Purpose: To review and characterise biomechanical approaches for the measurement of
spasticity as one component of the upper motor neurone syndrome. Method: Systematic …

Purpose: The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) is a six-point scale used to assess spasticity.
This study assessed interrater and intrarater reliability of the MAS for children with …

Pizzi A, Carlucci G, Falsini C, Verdesca S, Grippo A. Application of a volar static splint in
poststroke spasticity of the upper limb. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical and …