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clonus
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clonus [′klō·nəs]
(physiology)
Irregular, alternating muscular contractions and relaxations.


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Reflexes were brisk with bilateral spontaneous ankle clonus of both ankles.
The participants' time since stroke, mental state as determined with the Mini-Mental State Examination, (27) degree of spasticity as determined using a modified Ashworth Spasticity Scale, (28) ankle clonus response, ankle jerk response, and plantar response were evaluated and characterized.
In 1989, Visintin and Barbeau (33) reported that individuals with paraparesis attained a more symmetrical gait pattern and a decrease in ankle clonus when treadmill walking with 40% BWS compared with treadmill walking with full weight bearing.
 
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