Thoughts about the measurements of muscle tone

Readiness and the International Medical Society of Paraplegia: the Sir Ludwig Guttmann Lecture 1984

“…They reported the effects of rapid postural changes in paraplegic patients on a tilting table. To measure reflex actions is an old problem; flexion reflex actions were the first to reveal the problem of muscle tone, which is closely linked with the problem of co-ordination, but are impossible to measure (Pool, 1971). The flexion reflex was elicited by moving a dangerous stimulus.…”