Does the Wartenberg pendulum test differentiate quantitatively between spasticity and rigidity? A study in elderly stroke and Parkinsonian patients

R. A. Brown; Dorothy A. Lawson; G. C. Leslie; Alison Macarthur; W. J. Maclennan; Marion E.T. Mcmurdo; W. J. Mutch; N. J. Part

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Does the Wartenberg pendulum test differentiate quantitatively between spasticity and rigidity? A study in elderly stroke and Parkinsonian patients

R. A. Brown, Dorothy A. Lawson, G. C. Leslie, Alison Macarthur, W. J. Maclennan, Marion E.T. Mcmurdo, W. J. Mutch, N. J. Part

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1178-1186
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Volume	51
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.51.9.1178
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1988

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Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Brown, R. A., Lawson, D. A., Leslie, G. C., Macarthur, A., Maclennan, W. J., Mcmurdo, M. E. T., Mutch, W. J., & Part, N. J. (1988). Does the Wartenberg pendulum test differentiate quantitatively between spasticity and rigidity? A study in elderly stroke and Parkinsonian patients. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 51(9), 1178-1186. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.51.9.1178

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Does the Wartenberg pendulum test differentiate quantitatively between spasticity and rigidity? A study in elderly stroke and Parkinsonian patients. / Brown, R. A.; Lawson, Dorothy A.; Leslie, G. C. et al.
In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Vol. 51, No. 9, 01.12.1988, p. 1178-1186.

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