title: Spastic hypertonia. Appendix.
abstract: This appendix reviews the most commonly used clinical methods for assessing the clinical treatment of spastic hypertonia. The definitions and rating scales shown often are accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for pharmaceutical and investigational trials to obtain a clinical indication for use in spasticity clinic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama, Traumatic Brain Injury Systems, Medical Injury Control and Research Center, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. JMeythal@uab.edu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Meythaler
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009460:Neurologic Examination