Discrimination of Tone of the Gastrocnemius and Soleus Using the Ankle Plantar Flexors Tone Scale

伸行, 竹内; 岳哉, 桑原; 滋, 臼田

doi:10.1589/rika.25.797

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“…When the ankle is dorsiflexed in the knee flexed position, the soleus muscle is mainly stretched. Therefore, the results of measurement in the knee extended position mainly reflect the tones of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles while those in the knee flexed position mainly reflect the tone of the soleus muscle 7) . For example, when muscle hypertonia is observed in the knee extended position but decreases in the knee flexed position, hypertonia of mainly biarticular muscles can be considered.…”

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“…Concerning the disadvantages of the MAS, the velocity and range of passive movement are not specified, and separate evaluation of the central and peripheral components is impossible 6) . For such reasons, our research group has performed various studies to develop evaluation parameters and therapeutic approaches for hypertonia of the ankle plantar flexors due to CVD [6][7][8][9][10][11] .…”

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Association between the Tones of the Ankle Plantar Flexors and Duration of Illness in Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease

2012

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Abstract.[Purpose] The aim of this study was to clarify the association between the muscle tone of the ankle plantar flexors and duration of illness in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD).[Subjects] Seventy-four patients with CVD were the subjects of this study.[Methods] The tone of the ankle plantar flexors on the paretic side was measured in terms of the stretch reflex (SR), middle range resistance (MR), and final range resistance (FR) of the ankle plantar flexors tone scale (APTS). All APTS parameters were measured in 2 limb positions with the knee extended and flexed. The subjects were classified according to the duration of illness after onset into short-(<180 days) and long-term (≥180 days) groups. The associations between the duration of illness and SR, MR, and FR were analyzed. [Results] In the short-term group, SR was weakly correlated with the duration of illness in both the knee extended and flexed positions. However, in the long-term group, there was no association between the SR and duration of illness in either position.[Conclusion] The results of this study suggested an increase in the stretch reflex of the gastrocnemius muscle in the patients with a duration of illness <180 days.

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