Abstract
Spasticity is a common motor impairment in patients with neurological disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the test-retest reliability of the Wartenberg pendulum test using an inertial sensor. The analysis was conducted in six healthy subjects and six patients in vegetative state with severe brain damage secondary to traumatic brain injury (n=3) or cerebrovascular disease (n=3). The reliability analysis showed high intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC = 0.77 to 0.89) and low SEM for all measured parameters. The instrumentation here described can provide a reliable measurement of spasticity and be easily applied in the clinical environment.KeywordsTraumatic Brain InjuryInertial SensorKnee AngleSelective Dorsal RhizotomySpastic DiplegiaThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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