Assessment of forearm muscle spasticity with sonoelastography in patients with stroke

Yasar E., Adiguzel E., Kesikburun S., Yenihayat I., Yilmaz B., Alaca R., ...More

BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, vol.89, no.1068, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 89 Issue: 1068
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1259/bjr.20160603
  • Journal Name: BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of sonoelastography to show muscle stiffness in post-stroke spasticity, and the relationship between sonoelastography findings and clinical spasticity scores in the spastic forearm muscles.