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Does Spasticity Itself Raise the Cost of Stroke Care 4-Fold?

Author(s) -

Bruce H. Dobkin

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.581561

Subject(s) - spasticity , medicine , modified ashworth scale , stroke (engine) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , chronic stroke , physical therapy , contracture , neurology , rehabilitation , surgery , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering

To the Editor:The report from Lundstrom et al1 headlines a relationship between spasticity and higher direct costs of stroke care over the first year after onset. The authors seem to be putting the cart’s contents, 1 of which is spasticity, before the horse of sensorimotor impairment. The authors used a modified Ashworth Score of ≥1 in any 1 of 7 arm and leg joints as the measure of spasticity. The modified Ashworth Score is a 6-point ordinal scale of resistance to passive movement across a joint, which can arise from …

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