Modified Ashworth scale
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE AND ALPHA MOTONEURON EXCITABILITY IN SPINAL CORD LESIONS
... The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) is an ordinal scale used as a common clinical measure to assess the resistance encountered during passive muscle stretching that does not require any ...
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Modified Ashworth Scale and Alpha Motor Neuron Excitability Indicators of F-wave in Spastic Soleus Muscle Early after Stroke
... that modified Ashworth scale may be considered as a relevant measure of alpha motor neuron excitability in early stage stroke when the non- neural muscular stiffness is not ...
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Validity of Modified Ashworth Scale as a Measure of Wrist Spasticity in Stroke Patients
... Objective: 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 ...
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Predictive value of the pendulum test for assessing knee extensor spasticity
... To determine which pendulum test metrics are the best in- dicators of clinical muscle spasticity as represented by the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), we first need to analyze the main effects of the ...
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Evaluation of Spasticity Using the Ashworth Scale with Intermediate Scores (ASIS)
... appeared that although an alteration of spasticity was felt during assessment using the modified Ashworth scale, this alteration was not actually equal to one score, in this case an intermediate ...
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Development of spasticity with age in a total population of children with cerebral palsy
... twice a year until six years of age, then once a year. There are 13 child habilitation units in the area, with about 80 physiotherapists involved in the CPUP-programme. The recording form includes the CP subtype, as well ...
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Passive movement therapy in patients with moderate to severe paratonia; study protocol of a randomised clinical trial (ISRCTN43069940)
... (Modified Ashworth scale), the severity of the dementia (Global Deterioration Scale), the clinical improvement (Clinical Global Impressions), the difficulty in daily care (Patient Specific ...
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Biomechanical Assessment with Electromyography of Post Stroke Ankle Plantar Flexor Spasticity
... Twenty post-stroke adult patients and twenty normal healthy adults were included in this study. The post-stroke spastic group included 16 males and 4 females. Their age was 51.1 ± 12.6 years, and the duration from onset ...
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Efficacy of botulinum toxin in modifying spasticity to improve walking and quality of life in post-stroke lower limb spasticity - a randomized double-blind placebo controlled study
... by Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), the primary outcome of gait velocity will be measured by i) Gait Rite (Electronic Walkway); ii) walking by 2 Min Walk Test; iii) balance by Berg Balance ...
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Reliability of Ashworth and Modified Ashworth Scales in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy
... 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 in the pediatric disabled ...
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Influence of alpinia zerumbet essential oil in the kinesiotherapeutic treatment of patients with syndrome pyramidal
... the Modified Ashworth Scale (MMAS), Surface Electromyography (sEMG) and Systemic Arterial Pressure (SAP) were evaluated, before and after application of essential oil (33%) in the dose 05mL/2Kg or ...
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The relation between Ashworth scores and neuromechanical measurements of spasticity following stroke
... the Ashworth scale (AS) and the Modified Ashworth scale (MAS) are the most commonly used clinical measures of spasticity but have clear limita- ...and Modified Ashworth) ...
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Effect of Tibial Nerve Stimulation on Gastrosoleus Spasticity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
... All patients who had past history of a cerebrovascular accident and attending the weekly Stroke Clinic at our outpatient department were screened. Spasticity was graded according to the Modified Ashworth ...
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ANTAGONIST VERSUS AGONIST MUSCLE NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON SPASTICITY IN STROKE PATIENTS
... Background: Spasticity is the common problem encountered in the treatment of hemiplegic patients. Various treat- ment techniques have been developed to reduce spasticity, neuromuscular electrical stimulation is one of ...
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A validation study using a modified version of Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients: Postural Stroke Study in Gothenburg (POSTGOT)
... Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (PASS) [4] is developed specifically for stroke patients and has shown to have high interrater and intrarater reliability [4] good individual item agree- ment [5], acceptable ...
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Perfectionistic Strivings are Neither Adaptive, Healthy, Positive, Functional, nor Advisable: Findings From Six Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
... The most widely adopted conceptualizations of perfectionism are associated with two measures, both titled the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost, Marten, Lahart, & Rosenblate, 1990, FMPS; Hewitt & ...
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Risk factors for post-stroke depression in Sohag University Hospital
... Patients in group A were more likely to have impaired cognitive function than those in group B, and the differ- ence was statistically significant (p value < 0.0001). A higher stroke severity, measured by Scandinavian ...
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy versus supportive therapy in affective relapse prevention in bipolar patients with a history of trauma: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... Rating Scale, the Young Mania Rating Scale and the Clinical Global Impression Scale modified for BD), and a better performance in cognitive state, social cognition and functioning (as measured ...
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Health anxiety and older adults : a cross sectional study comparing predictors of health anxiety between an older and younger cohort : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
... 136 It is possible that this represents a true difference in the way in which health anxiety manifests in older adults. This result may reflect several underlying relationships reported in earlier studies with older ...
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Development of Mathematics Motivation across the Transition from Elementary to Junior High School in Japan
... the modified Mathematics Motivation ...the modified MMS was assessed using EFA on Time 1 and Time 2 participants, following the four factor model by Oie and Fu- jie (2007a, ...
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