A 65-year-old man presented to the ED with 1 day of acute onset mid-thoracic and low back pain, difficulty ambulating and ...

In legs, test rapidity and range of foot tapping (slowed in Parkinson's disease and spasticity) and for clonus (brisk passive extensions of ankle). A sensitive test for spasticity is the Trömner ...

Spasticity is characterized by increased tone, hyperreflexia, clonus, and resistance to stretching (Kandel et al.; Roscigno, 2002). Furthermore, spasticity can contribute to contractures and ...