06A - 130 - Tone Abnormalities - 2023

What is tone?

• The stiffness or slackness of muscles

• The readiness for a muscle to contract

• Pre-Emptive or Priming

To decrease SPASTICITY and HIGHER TONE is the use of

• Weight bearing

• nothing

Aquatics, quick ice, motor ES (only if alpha motor neuron not damaged), light touch, tapping,

vibration, orthotics

• Hypotonicity

• Hypertonicity

Heat, prolonged ice, hydrotherapy,

ES , prolonged stretch or pressure over tendon

• Hypotonicity

• Hypertonicity

Normal functions of tone

Movement

• Posture

• Intension

• Environment

UNDERLYING MUSCLE TENSION

• Muscle Tone

• Tone

(Affected parts) rigid in flexion or extension

• 4

• 3

• 0

• 2

• 1+

More marked increase in muscle tone through most of the ROM, but affected parts) easily moved

• 4

• 1+

• 3

• 0

• 2

Considerable increase in muscle tone, passive movement difficult

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 0

• 1

Slight increase in muscle tone manifested by a catch, followed by minimal resistance throughout the remainder (less than half) of the ROM

• 4

• 1

• 1+

• 2