Clinical assessment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: A critical review of available instruments: Scholtes VAB et al.

This study reviews the instruments used for the clinical assessment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy, and evaluates their compliance with the concept of spasticity, defined as a velocity-dependent increase in muscle tone to passive stretch. …

 

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2006, 48: 64–73
 
Authors
Vanessa AB Scholtes* MSc;
Jules G Becher MD PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Centre;
Anita Beelen PhD, Department of Rehabilitation, Academic Medical Centre;
Gustaaf J Lankhorst MD PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

 

Author Details
*Correspondence to first author at 
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, the Netherlands. E-mail: vab.scholtes@vumc.nl