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Objective : To quantify the relationship between therapist-applied velocity of passive movement during a manual muscle test of muscle tone and the level of muscle tone represented by the relaxation index of the pendulum test.Participants : 22 volunteer subjects with spinal cord injury.Passive knee angular displacement data were collected during both manual knee muscle testing and pendulum test by using an electrogoniometer.Results : The therapists produced significantly different movement velocities during the manual muscle tests (p<0.5). A significant correlation (p<0.001) was found between pendulum test scores and passive velocities, indicating that in higher levels of muscle tone, the greater stretch reflex present provided greater resistance against the therapist force and subsequently decreased the velocity of the passive stretching.

Langue : ANGLAIS

Identifiant basis : 2000213465