Biomedical Human Kinetics (Jan 2019)

Measuring muscle tone with isokinetic dynamometer technique in stroke patients

  • Dehno Nasrin Salehi,
  • Sarvestani Fahimeh Kamali,
  • Shariat Abdolhamid,
  • Jaberzadeh Shapour

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2019-0020
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 144 – 150

Abstract

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Study aim: Increased muscle tone, a common consequence of stroke, has neural and non-neural components. Spasticity is related to the neural component. Non-neural resistance arises from passive stiffness. This study was designed to assess the feasibility of using isokinetic dynamometry to evaluate wrist flexor muscle spasticity in stroke patients.

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