Journal:
:iranian journal of medical physics
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b. sepehri assistant professor, mechanical engineering dept., islamic azad university- mashhad branch, iran
a. estaki associate professor, biomedical engineering dept., shaheed beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
e. ebrahimi takamjani professor, physical therapy, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
g.a. shahidi assistant professor, neurology dept., iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
f. khamse assistant professor, faculty of medical sciences, azad university of tehran, iran
m. moinoddin biomedical engineering dept., islamic azad university- science and research branch, tehran, iran
introduction: one of the most common syndromes in parkinson's disease (pd) is rigidity. currently, an index is used to evaluate the level of pd by the clinical measurement of rigidity in the upper extremity. the index uses a subjective method called unified parkinson's disease rating system (updrs). the subjective nature of this method makes the influence of physician in the measureme...
