What does MAS stand for in physical therapy?
What does MAS stand for in physical therapy?
The Motor Assessment Scale (MAS) is a performance-based scale used to assess everyday motor function in patients with stroke.
What is the Tardieu scale?
Tardieu is a scale for measuring spasticity that takes into account resistance to passive movement at both slow and fast speed. The scale originally began development in the 1950s and has gone through multiple revisions (reviewed in Haugh and Pandyan, 2006).
What does the Ashworth scale measure?
The modified Ashworth scale is a muscle tone assessment scale used to assess the resistance experienced during passive range of motion, which does not require any instrumentation and is quick to perform.
What is normal on modified Ashworth scale?
The Modified Ashworth Scale is a 6-point scale. Scores range from 0 to 4, where lower scores represent normal muscle tone and higher scores represent spasticity. It is characterized by exaggerated deep tendon reflexes that interfere with muscular activity, gait, movement, or speech.
What does OCS stand for in physical therapy?
Orthopedic Clinical Specialist
Orthopedic Clinical Specialist. Orthopedic Clinical Specialists are recognized by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties as individuals whose clinical specialization in orthopedic physical therapy demonstrates knowledge, skill and experience exceeding that of an entry level physical therapist.
What is chronic spasticity?
Chronic spasticity is a muscular disorder in which patients experience persistent tightness or stiffness in certain muscles, as well as an inability to control them. Depending on which muscles are involved, spasticity may affect movement, walking ability or speech.
How do you test for spasticity?
Electrophysiological Evaluation H-reflex (Hofmann reflex) is the most commonly used electrophysiological method in evaluating spasticity.
How do you assess mas?
To accurately measure MAS, a lab-evaluation test is required, where VO2 is continuously measured and O2 composition of the exhaled air analyzed. However, it is possible to obtain an valid MAS estimation without a complex lab test, using a test that requires little equipment.
