Quantitative Comparison of Passive Motion and Tendon Reflex ...

Elements such as velocity, measurement of reflex onset and resistance against a passive movement can be controlled very precisely in a laboratory setting as ...

Evaluations of neuromuscular dynamics of hyperactive reflexes ...

It was found that the tendon reflex gain, contraction rate, and half relaxation rate were significantly higher while the reflex threshold was significantly ...

Effect of Muscle Biomechanics on the Quantification of Spasticity

The impact of muscle biomechanics on spasticity was assessed by comparison of the reflex ... Quantitative relations between hypertonia and stretch reflex ...

Arthrokinetic Reflex of the Knee - American Journal of Physiology

... muscle were recorded and the responses of these muscles to joint movement were studied. ... Quantitative Comparison of Passive Motion and Tendon Reflex Responses ...

Chapter 3 - Amsterdam UMC research portal

(the hyperactive stretch reflex) in fast passive muscle stretch [21,30,32]. ... the movement) of both the slow and fast passive muscle stretch were calculated by.

Mapping of spastic muscle activity after stroke: difference between ...

In addition, spastic hemiparetic subjects displayed almost non-overlapping activation areas during passive stretch and active contraction. The ...

A Comparison of Methods to Assess the Excitability of Lower ...

The T-Achilles (TA) reflex was recorded from the soleus muscle after percussion of the Achilles tendon. The F-wave was recorded in the ...

Ashworth Scale / Modified Ashworth Scale - Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Tests resistance to passive movement about a joint with varying degrees of velocity. ... reflex hyperexcitability. Specifically, the ...

Reciprocal Inhibition Post-stroke is Related to Reflex Excitability and ...

a velocity-dependent increase in muscle resistance to passive stretch ... with reciprocal inhibition to have poor movement ability but not hyperactive tendon ...

Assessment of a portable device for the quantitative ... - CiteSeerX

Elements such as velocity, measurement of reflex onset and resistance against a passive movement can be controlled very pre- cisely in a laboratory setting and ...

Biomechanical Assessment with Electromyography of Post-Stroke ...

sertion into the Achilles tendon. The raw electro- myographic activity, which was produced by the stretch reflex related to the passive movement of ankle ...

The Effect of Therapeutic Muscle Stretch on Neural Processing - jospt

tion, the similarities in reflex depres- sion during the half-range ... Responses to passive movement of receptors in joint, skin and muscle of the ...

Quantitative Evaluation of Gastrocnemius Medialis Stiffness During ...

A comparison of the effects of continuous versus discontinuous movement patterns on parkinsonian rigidity and reflex responses to passive stretch and ...

Quantifying the Deep Tendon Reflex Using Varying ... - Academia.edu

The MTS determines the passive range of movement (PROM) at different movement velocities, with the relative difference between a slow and a fast velocity ...

Golgi Tendon Organs: Neuroscience Update with Relevance to ...

The GTO and its reflex circuit (autogenic inhibition) prevent its muscle from contracting by “turning it off”; and 4. During contract-relax stretching, the GTO ...

Technical note Continuous passive motion in hand rehabilitation

Comparison of early passive motion and immobilisation after flexor tendon repairs. Plast. Reconstr Surg 75, 55-59. CULLEN KW, TOLHURST P, LANG D, PAGE RE.

The Validity and Reliability of Motion Analysis in Patellar Tendon ...

The findings on reflex amplitude indicate that motion analysis is a valid and reliable method of assessing and measuring deep tendon reflexes.

Musculoskeletal Modeling of the Human Lower Limb ... - Unipd

4.8 shows a comparison between the simulated muscle ... However, the present work is the first to produce a quantitative comparison ... Morasso, “Passive Motion ...

Cortical and Thalamic Contribution to Visual and ... - KEEP

tendons and by passive movements of joints. Neurons responsive to passive movements of joints were further assessed for directional preference. Responses to ...

Physical Assessment for Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Although the term "deep tendon reflex" has been used historically to describe the deep reflexes, this name actually is a misnomer, because the ...