Lesion characteristics of individuals with upper limb spasticity after stroke

DK Cheung, SA Climans, SE Black… - … and neural repair, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explores the relationship between lesion location and volume and upper limb
spasticity after stroke. Ninety-seven stroke patients (51 with spasticity) were included in the …

Flexor and extensor muscle tone evaluated using the quantitative pendulum test in stroke and parkinsonian patients

HW Huang, MS Ju, CCK Lin - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the flexor and extensor muscle tone of the upper limbs
in patients with spasticity or rigidity and to investigate the difference in hypertonia between …

Quantification of a single score (1+) in the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), a clinical assessment of spasticity

JK Ewoldt, EC Lazzaro, EJ Roth… - 2016 38th Annual …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) is an assessment that is often used by clinicians to
grade spasticity in the affected limbs of stroke survivors. The MAS is a function of the angle …

[HTML][HTML] Combined effect of botulinum toxin and splinting on motor components and function of people suffering a stroke

M Amini, A Shamili, B Frough… - Medical journal of the …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Spasticity is one of the problems after a stroke. Due to this increase in muscle
tone, patients are confronted with problems in motor control and difficulties in activities of …

Abnormal cutaneous flexor reflex activity during controlled isometric plantarflexion in human spinal cord injury spasticity syndrome

J Gómez-Soriano, E Bravo-Esteban, E Pérez-Rizo… - Spinal Cord, 2016 - nature.com
Study design: Although abnormal cutaneous reflex (CR) activity has been identified during
gait after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI), this activity has not been directly compared in …

Validita testu" Škála svalové dráždivosti" pro hodnocení spasticity pacientů s míšní lézí

T Posseltová - 2016 - dspace.cuni.cz
Cílem diplomové práce bylo posouzení konstruktové validity nově vytvořeného testu" Škála
svalové dráždivosti" pro hodnocení spasticity u pacientů s míšní lézí. Byla zkoumána …

A New Toolkit For Measuring Spasticity: A Pilot Study Investigating The Validity And Reliability Of The Biotone System For Patients Post-Stroke

SM Aloraini - 2016 - dalspace.library.dal.ca
Purpose: This pilot study assessed the concurrent and construct validity and test-retest
reliability of the BioTone system as a tool to quantify spasticity in patients following stroke …