Title :
Assessment of spasticity in spinal cord injury: a comparison of clinical and neurophysiological measures
Author :
Sherwood, Arthur M. ; Priebe, Michael M. ; Markowski, Janusz ; Kharas, Noshir F. ; Ambatipudi, Raj
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Restorative Neurology & Human Neurobiol., Baylor Coll. of Med., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
Integrated EMG obtained in a comprehensive examination provides an objective means of assessing spasticity. The authors have compared clinical indices obtained immediately prior to a neurophysiological examination, and found good correlation in spite of the known difficulties in interpreting amplitudes of surface EMG recordings
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; electromyography; neurophysiology; amplitudes interpretation difficulties; clinical measures; comprehensive examination; electrodiagnostics; integrated EMG; neurophysiological measures; spasticity assessment; spinal cord injury; surface EMG recordings; Educational institutions; Electrodes; Electromyography; Humans; Motor drives; Muscles; Nervous system; Neurons; Spinal cord injury; Tendons;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2050-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1994.411953
