Starfish Therapies - Spasticity and tone can often be used interchangeably but they are different. Spasticity is influenced by how fast you are moving the joint/stretching the muscle. Muscle tone is not
Becky | Speech Pathologist on Instagram: "Muscle tone is defined as the amount of resistance a muscle group exhibits in response to passive stretch. In other words, it is the resting state
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