Table 3.

Changes in elbow angle following the selective motor nerve blocks

Patient	Resting elbow angle (°)				Active extension ROM: Slow angle ROM (V1; °)				Tardieu: Fast angle ROM (V3;°)				Tardieu				Tardieu: spasticity angles V1–V3 (°)				Angle of paresis V1 – active extension ROM (°)
n°	T1	T2	T3	T4	T1	T2	T3	T4	T1	T2	T3	T4	T1	T2	T3	T4	T1	T2	T3	T4	T1	T2	T3	T4
1	100	70	40	30	90	70	40	30	130	150	150	150	90	110	140	150	40	40	10	0	40	40	10	0
2	80	60	50	40	80	60	50	40	140	140	145	150	100	120	130	140	40	20	15	10	40	20	15	10
3	120	80	80	70	120	80	80	70	120	120	120	125	70	100	100	110	50	20	20	15	60	20	20	15
4	100	80	75	65	90	70	60	50	130	130	130	130	90	110	115	125	40	20	15	5	40	20	10	0
5	110	90	90	80	110	70	70	50	110	130	130	130	80	120	120	125	30	10	10	5	40	20	20	0
6	110	30	20	20	110	30	20	20	140	160	170	180	80	150	160	160	60	10	10	20	55	10	10	0
7	80	40	40	30	60	30	30	30	170	170	170	170	120	140	140	160	50	30	30	10	70	10	10	20
8	85	20	20	20	85	20	20	20	170	170	170	170	130	170	170	170	40	0	0	0	50	20	20	20
9	80	70	70	50	80	70	70	50	130	130	130	130	100	110	120	130	30	20	10	0	75	10	10	10
10	70	30	30	10	70	30	30	10	180	180	180	180	130	130	160	170	50	50	20	10	30	20	20	0
11	90	50	50	30	80	40	40	30	150	150	150	150	120	140	140	150	30	10	10	0	70	30	30	10
12	110	80	80	50	90	70	70	40	140	140	140	140	110	120	120	140	30	20	20	0	50	10	10	0
13	90	50	50	30	90	50	50	30	160	160	160	160	110	130	140	150	50	30	20	10	50	30	30	0
14	40	10	10	10	20	10	10	10	170	180	180	180	160	180	180	170	10	0	0	10	70	30	30	10
15	100	70	70	40	50	40	40	10	150	150	150	170	110	130	130	150	40	20	20	0	10	10	10	10
16	40	20	20	10	40	20	20	10	180	180	180	180	150	170	170	180	30	10	10	0	20	10	10	0
17	110	70	50	30	110	70	50	30	140	140	140	160	70	130	130	140	70	10	10	0	40	20	20	10
18	50	30	30	15	50	30	30	15	180	180	180	180	130	160	160	165	50	20	20	15	70	30	10	10
19	100	50	50	20	100	50	50	20	150	150	150	160	90	110	110	150	60	40	40	0	50	30	30	15
Mean	87.6	52.6	48.7	4.2	80.3	47.9	43.7	29.7	149.5	153.2	153.9	157.8	107.4	133.2	138.7	149.2	42.1	20.0	15.3	5.8	49.7	21.1	17.6	7.4
Min	40.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	20.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	110.0	120.0	120.0	125.0	70.0	100.0	100.0	110.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	0.0
Max	120.0	90.0	90.0	80.0	120.0	80.0	80.0	70.0	180.0	180.0	180.0	180.0	160.0	180.0	180.0	180.0	70.0	50.0	40.0	20.0	75.0	40.0	30.0	20.0
SD	23.7	24.2	23.7	20.7	26.5	21.8	20.1	16.9	21.2	19.5	19.6	19.0	25.6	23.3	22.6	18.4	14.0	13.3	9.5	6.5	18.4	8.8	7.9	7.1

T1 before SMNB. T2 after the brachialis SMNB. T3 after the radialis SMNB. T4 after the biceps brachii SMNB.