Quantitative measurement of resistance force and subsequent attenuation during passive isokinetic extension of the wrist in patients with mild to moderate spasticity after stroke

Table 4 Correlation (ρ value) between the average MAS and various parameters for each achieved velocity^a

	Maximum RF			Damping force			Total damping impulse			Pure damping impulse			Damping force ratio			Damping impulse ratio
	Angular velocity (deg/s)			Angular velocity (deg/s)			Angular velocity (deg/s)			Angular velocity (deg/s)			Angular velocity (deg/s)			Angular velocity (deg/s)
	30	60	90	30	60	90	30	60	90	30	60	90	30	60	90	30	60	90
Average MAS
Wrist	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.3	0.28	0.38	0.03	− 0	− 0.04	0.24	0.3	0.36	0.23	0.43	0.53*	0.25	0.47	0.56*
Wrist + finger	− 0.13	− 0.2	− 0.17	0.16	0.09	0.32	− 0.13	− 0.18	− 0.18	0.13	0.16	0.27	0.3	0.50*	0.65**	0.36	0.57*	0.68**

^a*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01 Spearman rank correlation test was applied for all data analysis

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