Purpose The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) is a revised version of the original Ashworth Scale that measures spasticity in patients with lesions to the central nervous system. MAS is an assessment that is used to measure the increase in muscle tone. MAS assigns a grade of spasticity from a 0-4 ordinal scale.
The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) has been utilised in the following populations: stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, paediatric hypertonia and central nervous system...
Modified Ashworth Scale The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) measures resistance during passive soft-tissue stretching. It is a quick and easy measure that can help assess the efficacy of treatment. The following conventions prevail: The MAS is performed in the supine position (this will garner the most accurate and the lowest score as any tension anywhere in the body will increase spasticity)
Purpose The Modified Ashworth Scale is considered the primary clinical measure of muscle spasticity in patients with neurological conditions. However, some publications question its ability to measure spasticity and advocate the Modified Ashworth Scale as a rating scale to measure abnormality in tone or the resistance to passive movements, since there is no clinically direct method for ...
Learn how to administer the Modified Ashworth Scale, interpret scores accurately, and understand what changes in muscle spasticity actually mean clinically.
Modified Ashworth Scale Instructions General Information (derived Bohannon and Smith, 1987): Place the patient in a supine position If testing a muscle that primarily flexes a joint, place the joint in a maximally flexed position and move to a position of maximal extension over one second (count "one thousand one”)