Research project: Assessing muscle tone in patients with neurological conditions
Stroke and Parkinson’s disease are two common neurological disorders in which increased muscle tone can severely restrict a person’s ability to carry out functional activities. Muscle tone is difficult to assess accurately and simply outside the laboratory in clinical settings. A robust method that is objective, accurate and reliable for assessing changes in muscle tone in response to treatment is therefore needed. A relatively new technology offers an opportunity to assess muscle using a hand-held device, known as the MyotonPRO.
