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Clinical measures: reliable or not?
- Source :
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Age & Ageing . Jan2001, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p86. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Argues against the measures of post-stroke impairment used in a study by J.M. Gregson and colleagues which tested the reliability of measurements for muscle tone and muscle power. Justification for using weighted kappa values in measuring flaccidity; Implications concerning the Modified Ashworth Scale; Contradictions.
- Subjects :
- *MUSCLE tone
*PHYSICAL measurements
*MUSCLE hypotonia
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00020729
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Age & Ageing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4466852
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/30.1.86