90 In healthy people, group Ia afferent input to the spinal cord becomes suppressed during the stance phase of gait. 78,87 Because of reduced Ia suppression in spasticity, short-latency stretch ...
Observe gait as the patient enters the office ... test rapidity and range of foot tapping (slowed in Parkinson's disease and spasticity) and for clonus (brisk passive extensions of ankle).
Spastic CP is characterized by involuntary spontaneous ... muscle instability, intention tremor and gait disturbances later in life (Dzienkowski et al., 1996; UCP, 2002). Mixed-type CP includes ...