Stroke and Assessment of Muscle Tone

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE · Jan 21, 2019

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Be older than 18 years
• • Clinical diagnosis of stroke, confirmed using a MRI.
• • No previous history of other strokes.
• • Increases muscle tone in upper and lower extremities (punctuation equal to or superior to 1 in the Tardieu Scale, Ashworth Scale)
• • Ability to understand the study goals, follow simple instructions and provide informed consent.
• • Score equal to or superior to 24 in the Minimental State Examination.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Any other confirmed neurological disorder that may influence muscle tone (multiple sclerosis, Parkinson, muscle dystrophies...)
• • A chronic musculoskeletal disorder in the upper or lower limb.
• • Previous history of surgery in the upper or lower extremities.
• • Changes in the medication intake that may affect muscle tone assessments in the 48 hours before data collection.
• • Having received botulin toxin in gastrocnemius or biceps brachii muscles in the 30 days before data collection.
• • A concomitant acute infection during data collection.
• • A previous epileptic crisis in the week before the study or during the study.