Towards the development of a dynamic device for the evaluation of hypertonia of the upper extremity
Includes bibliographical references. === Traditional evaluation techniques for spastic hypertonia, such as the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), are prone to subjectivity and have been shown to have poor inter- and intra-rater reliability. Automated objective electromechanical devices for upper-limb ev...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13284 |