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Criteria	Psychometric properties		References
Validity	Face validity
	Content validity
	Criterion validity	Concurrent validity
		Predictive validity
	Construct validity	Convergent validity
		Divergent validity
		Discriminant validity (sensitivity and distinctiveness)
Reliability	Intra-rater reliability
	Inter-rater reliability
	Test-retest
Internal consistency (alpha)
Responsiveness

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Penn Spasm Frequency Scale		Download / Print : PDF

Description: This scale was developed at the end of the 1980s as a self-reported questionnaire following spinal cord injury. The patient evaluates his/her "spasms", quantifying them according to 5 classifications (from 0 to 4). For ratings of 1 or greater, the severity of the spasms is also be evaluated, using a 3 level scale (mild, moderate or severe). > Access to the scale is free

Criteria	Psychometric properties		References
Validity	Face validity
	Content validity
	Criterion validity	Concurrent validity	[2]
		Predictive validity	[2]
	Construct validity	Convergent validity	[3] [4] [5]
		Divergent validity
		Discriminant validity (sensitivity and distinctiveness)	[3] [4] [5]
Reliability	Intra-rater reliability
	Inter-rater reliability
	Test-retest		[4]
Internal consistency (alpha)			[4]
Responsiveness

General comment on reliability:

The scale has been evaluated in all languages since language does not affect its use.

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Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)

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For more details of the scale, the comments or the psychometric properties presented here, please contact Dr. François GENET : francois.genet@rpc.aphp.fr

Inaugural references:

[1] Penn RD, Savoy SM, Corcos D, Latash M, Gottlieb G, Parke B, Kroin JS. Intrathecal baclofen for severe spinal spasticity. N Engl J Med. 1989 Jun 8;320(23):1517-21.

Psychometric references:

[2] Hornby TG, Rymer WZ, Benz EN, Schmit BD, et al. (2003). "Windup of flexion reflexes in chronic human spinal cord injury: a marker for neuronal plateau potentials?" J Neurophysiology 2003 Jan;89(1):416-26.

[3] Guillaume D, Van Havenbergh A, Vloeberghs M, Vidal J, Roeste G, et al. (2005). "A clinical study of intrathecal baclofen using a programmable pump for intractable spasticity." Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 Nov;86(11):2165-71.

[4] Adams MM, Ginis KA, Hicks AL, et al. (2007). "The spinal cord injury spasticity evaluation tool: development and evaluation." Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Sep;88(9):1185-92.

[5] Hsieh JT, Wolfe DL, et al. (2008). "Spasticity outcome measures in spinal cord injury: psychometric properties and clinical utility." Spinal Cord 2008 Feb;46(2):86-95. Epub 2007 Oct 2.