Tardieu scale
Assessment of spasticity Grade 0 No resistance throughout the course of the passive movement Grade 1 Slight resistance throughout the course of the passive movement, with no clear catch at precise angle Grade 2 Clear catch at precise angle, interrupting the passive movement, followed by release Grade 3 Fatiguable clonus (<10 seconds when maintaining pressure occurring at precise angle) Grade 4 Infatiguable clonus (>10 seconds when maintaining pressure occurring at precise angle) Reference Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity: Clinical Management and Neurophysiology. Ed. MP Barnes, GR Johnson. Cambridge University Press, 2008. |