Objectives Spasticity causes significant long-term disability-burden, requiring
comprehensive management. This review evaluates evidence from published systematic …

Bovend'Eerdt TJ, Newman M, Barker K, Dawes H, Minelli C, Wade DT. The effects of
stretching in spasticity: a systematic review. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the general effect …

Aim: Many studies have been performed on the methodological qualities of the (modified)
Ashworth Scale but overall these studies seem inconclusive. The aim of this study was to …

Background Measurement of spasticity is a difficult and unresolved problem, partly due to its
complexity and the fact that there are many factors involved. In the assessment of spasticity …

Abstract The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) is a clinical scale used to assess muscle
spasticity. While the evidence indicates that the reliability of the MAS is better in the upper …

Background: The measurement of spasticity as a symptom of neurologic disease is an area
of growing interest. Clinician-rated measures of spasticity purport to be objective but do not …

The measurement of spasticity is part of the neurological examination of patients with
disorders of the central nervous system. Recently, the Modified Modified Ashworth Scale …

Primary objective: To determine the extent to which the Brunnstrom recovery stages of upper
limb in hemiparetic stroke patients are correlated to neurophysiological measures and the …

The Modified Modified Ashworth Scale (MMAS) is a clinical instrument for measuring
spasticity. Few studies have been performed on the reliability of the MMAS. The aim of the …

This paper revisits the taxonomy of the neurophysiological consequences of a persistent
impairment of motor command execution in the classic environment of sensorimotor …