RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Does the Wartenberg pendulum test differentiate quantitatively between spasticity and rigidity? A study in elderly stroke and Parkinsonian patients.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1178
OP 1186
DO 10.1136/jnnp.51.9.1178
VO 51
IS 9
A1 R A Brown
A1 D A Lawson
A1 G C Leslie
A1 A MacArthur
A1 W J MacLennan
A1 M E McMurdo
A1 W J Mutch
A1 N J Part
YR 1988
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/51/9/1178.abstract
AB The results of applying the Wartenberg pendulum test to the assessment of muscle tone in populations of stroke and Parkinsonian patients are described. The test was able to distinguish between increased muscle tone of the spastic or rigid type. The Parkinsonian patients showed a marked reduction of the maximum velocity of the leg swing, with the relaxation index tending to a value of about one. In contrast the affected limb of stroke patients showed a lesser reduction of the velocity of the swing, the relaxation index tending to a value of less than one.