Intraobserver reliability of modified Ashworth scale and modified Tardieu scale in the assessment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy

Numanoglu A., KEREM GÜNEL M.

ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA ET TRAUMATOLOGICA TURCICA, vol.46, no.3, pp.196-200, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.3944/aott.2012.2697
  • Journal Name: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA ET TRAUMATOLOGICA TURCICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.196-200
  • Keywords: Cerebral palsy, intraobserver reliability, Modified Ashworth Scale, Modified Tardieu Scale, spasticity, INTERRATER RELIABILITY
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the intraobserver reliability of the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) and Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) in the assessment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy (CP).