Muscle Excitability Scale for the assessment of spastic reflexes in spinal cord injury: development and evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A psychometric study.

Objectives

To introduce a novel simple tool designed to evaluate the intensity of the phasic (dynamic) component of spastic motor behavior in spinal cord injury (SCI) people and to assess its reliability and validity.

Setting

The study was developed in the Spinal Cord Unit at University Hospital Motol and Paraple Centre in Prague, Czech Republic.

Methods

The Muscle Excitability Scale (MES) is designed to rate muscle motor response to exteroceptive and proprioceptive stimuli. The impairment rating ranges from zero muscle/muscle group spasm or clonus to generalized spastic response. The selected 0 to 4 scale allows for comparing the MES results with those of the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS). After long-term use and repeated rev

SUBMITTER: Kriz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11368810 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature