The assessment of sensorimotor functions is extremely important to understand the health
status of a patient and its change over time. Assessments are necessary to plan and adjust …

Background and purpose To support clinical decision‐making in central neurological
disorders, a physical examination is used to assess responses to passive muscle stretch …

Background Many diagnostic robotic devices have been developed to quantify viscoelastic
properties and spasticity of patients with upper motor neuron lesions. However, in clinical …

Background Increased resistance in muscles and joints is an important phenomenon in
patients with cerebral palsy (CP), and is caused by a combination of neural (eg spasticity) …

Nowadays, objective measures are becoming prominent in spasticity assessment, to
overcome limitations of clinical scales. Among others, Tonic Stretch Reflex Threshold …

Introduction: Differentiating between the components of wrist hyper-resistance post stroke,
ie, pathological neuromuscular activation (“spasticity”) and non-neural biomechanical …

When studying muscle and whole-body function in children with cerebral palsy (CP),
knowledge about both internal and external moment arms is essential since they determine …

This literature review focuses on the primary morphological and structural characteristics,
and mechanical properties identified in muscles affected by spastic cerebral palsy (CP). CP …

Aim We compared the outcomes of manual and motorized instrumented ankle spasticity
assessments in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method Ten children with spastic CP …

Patients with poor upper limb motor recovery after stroke are likely to develop increased
resistance to passive wrist extension, ie, wrist hyper-resistance. Quantification of the …