Interrater Reliability of the Modified Tardieu Scale in the Assessment of Muscle Spasticity in Stroke Patients

• Main Authors: Nouroddin Nakhostin-Ansari (Author), Soufia Naghdi (Author), Gholam Reza O'liaei (Author), Mahdi Abdolvahhab (Author), Mahmoud Jalili (Author), Shohreh Jalaei (Author), Hossein Soltani-Nezhad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Objective: Spasticity is one component of the upper motor neurone syndrome, which is characterised by a velocity dependent increase in the tonic stretch reflexes. This study aimed at investigating the interrater reliability of the Modified Tardieu Scale in the assessment of muscle spasticity in stro...