A biomechanical investigation into the validity of the modified Ashworth Scale as a measure of elbow spasticity

• Published in: Clinical rehabilitation Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 290 - 294
• Main Authors: Pandyan, Anand D, Price, Christopher IM, Barnes, Michael P, Johnson, Garth R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2003; Turpin; Arnold; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Arm movements; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanics; Diseases of the nervous system; Elbow; Humans; Medical sciences; Modified Ashworth Scale; Patients; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Range of Motion, Articular; Reproducibility of Results; Scales; Spasticity; Stroke - classification; Strokes; Validity; Human; Validation; Nervous system diseases; Stroke; Methodology; Evaluation scale; Spasticity; Cardiovascular disease; Muscle tonus alteration; Test reliability; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Biomechanics; Striated muscle disease; Central nervous system disease; Hemiplegia; Clinical investigation; Upper limb; Neurological disorder; Elbow; Cerebrovascular disease

Objective: To investigate the criterion validity of the modified Ashworth Scale. Population: Volunteers from a stroke population admitted to a district general hospital stroke unit diagnosed with a first ever stroke less than 26 weeks previously. Outcome measures: Resistance to passive movement abou...