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Fourteen subjects with chronic hemiplegia participated in the study. Spasticity was quantified by muscle displacements and compliance from the Myotonometer measurements and resistive torques from the repeated passive stretch at velocities of 5\u2009\u00b0\/s and 100\u2009\u00b0\/s, respectively. Paired t-tests indicated a significant decrease of muscle displacement and compliance in the spastic muscles as compared to the contralateral side (muscle displacement: spastic: 4.84\u2009\u00b1\u20090.33\u2009mm, contralateral: 6.02\u2009\u00b1\u20090.49\u2009mm, p\u2009=\u20090.038; compliance: spastic: 1.79\u2009\u00b1\u20090.12\u2009mm\/N, contralateral: 2.21\u2009\u00b1\u20090.18\u2009mm\/kg, p\u2009=\u20090.048). In addition, passive stretch tests indicated a significant increase of total torque at the velocity of 100\u2009\u00b0\/s compared with that of 5\u2009\u00b0\/s (T<jats:sub>t5<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20092.82\u2009\u00b1\u20090.41\u2009Nm, T<jats:sub>t100<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20096.28\u2009\u00b1\u20091.01\u2009Nm, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Correlation analysis revealed significant negative relationships between the stretch test and the Myotonometer measurements (r\u2009&lt;\u2009\u22120.5, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). 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