Reduction of spastic hypertonia during repeated passive knee movements in stroke patients Godelieve E. Nuyens, PhD, PT, RN, Willy J. De Weerdt, PhD, PT, Arthur J. Spaepen, PhD, Carlotte Kiekens, MD, Hilde M. Feys, PhD, PT Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 83, Issue 7, Pages 930-935 (July 2002) DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.33233 Copyright © 2002 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Torque alterations during repeated knee movements. (A) Knee extension at 60°/s, (B) 180°/s, (C) 300°/s, and (D) knee flexion at 60°/s, (E) 180°/s, and (F) 300°/s in 10 subjects with stroke and 10 healthy subjects. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2002 83, 930-935DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2002.33233) Copyright © 2002 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Torque and electromyographic activity of the stretched muscle groups during repeated knee extension at (A) 60°/s and (B) 300°/s in 10 subjects with stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2002 83, 930-935DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2002.33233) Copyright © 2002 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions