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Altered motor control and spasticity after spinal cord injury : Subjective and objective assessment
This study of measures of spasticity, or altered motor control, compares the clinically used Ashworth scale with a method based on surface electromyographic (sEMG) recordings called brain motor control assessment (BMCA) in a group of 97 subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI) and varying levels of mo...
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Published in: | Journal of rehabilitation research and development 2000, Vol.37 (1), p.41-52 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | This study of measures of spasticity, or altered motor control, compares the clinically used Ashworth scale with a method based on surface electromyographic (sEMG) recordings called brain motor control assessment (BMCA) in a group of 97 subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI) and varying levels of motor dysfunction. In this paper, we describe how sEMG-derived scores relate to the severity of spasticity as judged clinically. When sEMG data from passive movements from the BMCA were analyzed by Ashworth category, we found that when the sEMG data were averaged for a limb, there was a significant difference between scores for those with Ashworth 0 vs. 2 and 3, and 1 vs. 2 and 3 (p |
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ISSN: | 0748-7711 1938-1352 |