A Study of Inter-rater Reliability of the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) in Spasticity in Patients with Stroke.
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Objectives: There are some controversies about the value of modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) for assessing spasticity. The goal of this study was to investigate if there is any correlation between scores obtained from MAS for wrist spasticity and electrophysiological recordings as the objective measure of spasticity. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 34 stroke patients were employed. Wris...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1880-778X,0034-351X
DOI: 10.2490/jjrm1963.39.409