Where is the zero of Tardieu for proximal trans-joint lower limb muscles? The relevance for the estimation of muscle shortening and weakness

Front Neurol. 2023 Apr 28:14:1108535. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1108535. eCollection 2023.

Maud Pradines^{1

2}, Tymothée Poitou², Ota Gál³, Martina Hoskovcová³, Nicolas Bayle^{1

2}, Marjolaine Baude^{1

2}, Jean-Michel Gracies^{1

2}

¹ UR 7377 BIOingénierie Tissus Neuroplasticité (BIOTN), Faculté de Santé, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France.
² Service de Rééducation Neurolocomotrice, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
³ Department of Neurology, Charles University, Prague, Czechia.

No abstract available

Keywords: coefficient of shortening; five step assessment; hemiparesis; modified Tardieu scale; quantified assessment; zero of Tardieu.