Published on in Vol 9, No 8 (2020): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/16045, first published .
Effect of Ankle Plantar Flexor Spasticity Level on Balance in Patients With Stroke: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study

Effect of Ankle Plantar Flexor Spasticity Level on Balance in Patients With Stroke: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study

Effect of Ankle Plantar Flexor Spasticity Level on Balance in Patients With Stroke: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study

Ashraf Mahmoudzadeh   1 , PhD ;   Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari   1, 2 , PhD ;   Soofia Naghdi   1, 2 , PhD ;   Ebrahim Sadeghi-Demneh   3 , PhD ;   Omid Motamedzadeh   1 , PhD ;   Brandon S Shaw   4 , PhD ;   Ardalan Shariat   2 , PhD ;   Ina Shaw   4 , PhD

1 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Neuroscience Institute, Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Prosthetics and Orthotics Department, Musculoskeletal Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

4 Department of Human Movement Science, University of Zululand, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Corresponding Author:

  • Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari, PhD
  • Department of Physiotherapy
  • School of Rehabilitation
  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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  • Tehran, 11489
  • Iran
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  • Email: nakhostin@sina.tums.ac.ir