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- Title
- Evaluation of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy using Ashworth and Tardieu Scales compared with laboratory measures
- Related
- Journal of child neurology, Vol. 25, Issue 10, (2010), p.1242-1247
- DOI
- 10.1177/0883073810362266
- Publisher
- Sage Publications
- Date
- 2010
- Author/Creator
- Alhusaini, Adel A. A
- Author/Creator
- Dean, Catherine M
- Author/Creator
- Crosbie, Jack
- Author/Creator
- Shepherd, Roberta B
- Author/Creator
- Lewis, Jenny
- Description
- The content validity of the Tardieu Scale and the Ashworth Scale was assessed in 27 independently ambulant children with cerebral palsy (gender: 17 males, 10 females; age: 5—9 years; Gross Motor Function Classification: level I and II). Ashworth and Tardieu Scale scores and laboratory measures of spasticity and contracture were collected from the plantarflexor muscles by 2 examiners who were blinded to the results. The Tardieu Scale was more effective than the Ashworth Scale in identifying the presence of spasticity (88.9%, kappa = 0.73; P = .000), the presence of contracture (77.8%, kappa = 0.503; P = .008) and the severity of contracture (r = 0.49; P = .009). However, neither scale was able to identify the severity of spasticity. The Tardieu Scale can provide useful information in children with cerebral palsy because it differentiates spasticity from contracture. However, a more comprehensive clinical method of testing neural and non-neural contributions to impairments and function is needed.
- Description
- 6 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- spasticity
- Subject Keyword
- contracture
- Subject Keyword
- cerebral palsy
- Subject Keyword
- Ashworth Scale
- Subject Keyword
- Tardieu Scale
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Faculty of Human Sciences
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/136750
- Identifier
- ISSN:0883-0738
- Identifier
- mq_res-20110914-144152
- Language
- eng
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