Comparison between the spastic paraplegia rating scale, Kurtzke scale, and Osame scale in the tropical spastic paraparesis/myelopathy associated with HTLV

Comparison between the spastic paraplegia rating scale, Kurtzke scale, and Osame scale in the tropical spastic paraparesis/myelopathy associated with HTLV

INTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to compare Osame's scale of motor incapacity and the expanded scale of the state of incapacity of Kurtzke with the spastic paraplegia rating scale for the clinical evaluation of patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Antonio Rocha da Cruz Adry, Catarina Cöuras Lins, Ramon de Almeida Kruschewsky, Bernardo Galvão Castro Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
HTLV
HAM/TSP
Osame
Kurzte
Espasticidade
Escala
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000300006&lng=en&tlng=en

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