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Spasticity and Its Association with Functioning and Health-Related Quality of Life 18 Months after Stroke

Anna‐Karin Welmer, Magnus von Arbin, Lotta Widén Holmqvist, Disa K. Sommerfeld

Cerebrovascular Diseases · 2006 · 151 citations · 25 references

Abstract

Few patients displayed spasticity 18 months after stroke. Spasticity might contribute to impairment of movement function and to limitation of activity, but seems to have a less pronounced effect on HRQL.

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Functional evaluation : Barthel index

F. I. Mahonery · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1965 · 12.9K citations

Information Retrieval, Evaluation Measure, Barthel Index +5

Interrater Reliability of a Modified Ashworth Scale of Muscle Spasticity

Richard W. Bohannon, Melissa B. Smith · Physical Therapy · 1987 · 5.3K citations

Muscle Function, Upper Extremity, Kinesiology +18

The Barthel ADL Index: A reliability study

Christine Collin, Derick T Wade, S Davies et al. · International Disability Studies · 1988 · 2.7K citations

Quality Of Life, Engineering, Disability +17

The Swedish SF-36 Health Survey—I. Evaluation of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and construct validity across general populations in Sweden

Marianne Sullivan, Jan Karlsson, John E. Ware · Social Science & Medicine · 1995 · 1.3K citations

Quality Of Life, Health Outcome, Population Health Sciences +17

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Kari Aho, Per Harmsen, J Marquardsen et al. · PubMed · 1980 · 1.3K citations

Hypertension, Vascular Disease, Cerebrovascular Disease +24