Reliability of the Tardieu Scale for Assessing Spasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy Jean-Michel Gracies, MD, PhD, Kim Burke, BS, Nancy J. Clegg, PhD, Richard Browne, PhD, Charter Rushing, PT, Darcy Fehlings, MD, Dennis Matthews, MD, Ann Tilton, MD, Mauricio R. Delgado, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 91, Issue 3, Pages 421-428 (March 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.017 Copyright © 2010 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow diagram of the 2-phase study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2010 91, 421-428DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.017) Copyright © 2010 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Angles used in the Tardieu Scale. Zero is the theoretical position of minimal stretch of the muscle to be assessed. For the elbow flexors (A), for the ankle plantar flexors (B), and for the knee flexors (C). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2010 91, 421-428DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.017) Copyright © 2010 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions