Stages | Description |
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Stage 1 | Flaccidity; no movements of the limbs can be initiated |
Stage 2 | Spasticity begins to develop; the basic limb synergies or some of their components may be present Little or no active finger flexion can be performed. |
Stage 3 | Spasticity is marked; the basic limb synergies are performed voluntarily Mass grasp; hook grasp with no release; no voluntary finger extension |
Stage 4 | Spasticity begins to decrease; some movement combinations that deviated the synergies become available Small-range semi-voluntary finger extension |
Stage 5 | Spasticity is diminishing. More difficult movement combinations can be performed Voluntary mass extension of fingers |
Stage 6 | No spasticity; isolated joint movements can be performed normally Voluntary extension of fingers. |