At night in bed before I go to sleep I attempt a number of exercises. My latest is a repeat of what I used to do my first year - at that time this was extremely difficult. I hold my left arm straight up and move it in circles above my body, I start with small circles and go to large circles that reach almost to the bed. This is not very hard to do right now, I can do this very smoothly. A good research experiment would be to put me on a slant board and see at what point the circles no longer are easy and smooth as the board goes from parallel to the floor to perpendicular. Then come up with a hypothesis as to why this occurs. I know when I am standing upright trying to do the same circles is impossible due to spasticity. It would be a simple experiment for any PT or OT. At what point in the degree of slope does the circle deteriorate? Who will accept the challenge? William M. Landau?
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