TABLE 3.
Quality of muscle reaction for tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius muscle tone (n = 12).
| Quality of muscle reaction | Gastrocnemius |
Tibialis anterior |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| 0 | No resistance throughout the course of the passive movement | 3 | 25.0 | 6 | 50 |
| 1 | Slight resistance through the course of passive movement; no clear ‘catch’ at a precise angle | 1 | 8.3 | 6 | 50 |
| 2 | Clear catch at a precise angle, interrupting the passive movement, followed by release | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Fatigable clonus (10 s when maintaining the pressure) appearing at a precise angle | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Un-fatigable clonus (more than 10 s when maintaining the pressure) at a precise angle | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Joint is immovable | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |