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Modified Ashworth Scale

The Modified Ashworth Scale is a clinical assessment metric used to evaluate muscle tone, specifically distinguishing itself by quantifying the degree of muscle spasticity through a six-point ordinal scale based on the resistance experienced during passive limb movement.

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Interrater Reliability of a Modified Ashworth Scale of Muscle Spasticity

Richard W. Bohannon, Melissa B. Smith · Physical Therapy · 1987 · 5.4K citations

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Intrathecal Baclofen for Severe Spinal Spasticity

Richard D. Penn, Suzanne M. Savoy, Daniel M. Corcos et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1989 · 750 citations

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Spasticity After Stroke

Disa K. Sommerfeld, Elsy Eek, Anna-Karin Svensson et al. · Stroke · 2003 · 718 citations · Full text

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Prevalence of spasticity post stroke

Caroline Watkins, Michael J Leathley, J M Gregson et al. · Clinical Rehabilitation · 2002 · 492 citations

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Stop using the Ashworth Scale for the assessment of spasticity

J F M Fleuren, G Voerman, Cathelijne V. Erren-Wolters et al. · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 2009 · 431 citations · Full text

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    University of Verona, Italy

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    Tehran, Iran

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