Interaction between muscle tone, short-range stiffness and increased sensory feedback gains explains key kinematic features of the pendulum test in spastic cerebral palsy: A simulation study.
The pendulum test is a sensitive clinical assessment of hard steel shot spasticity where the lower leg is dropped from the horizontal position and features of limb motion are recorded.Three key kinematic features are associated with the degree of severity of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: decreased initial limb excursion, reduced numbe