The surface electromyography analysis of the non-plegic upper limb of hemiplegic subjects

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Heloyse U Kuriki¹  Raquel N. De Azevedo¹  Augusto C. De Carvalho¹  Fábio Mícolis De Azevedo¹  Rúben F Negrão-filho¹  Neri Alves¹ 

[1] ,University Estadual Paulista FCT Laboratory of Physical Therapy Applied to Human MovementPresidente Prudente SP ,Brazil

关键词: muscle spasticity;    surface electromyography;    hemiplegia;    espasticidade muscular;    eletromiografia de superfície;    hemiplegia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2010000400016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Many authors have studied physical and functional changes in individuals post-stroke, but there are few studies that assess changes in the non-plegic side of hemiplegic subjects. This study aimed to compare the electromyographic activity in the forearm muscles of spastic patients and clinically healthy individuals, to determine if there is difference between the non-plegic side of hemiplegics and the dominant member of normal individuals. 22 hemiplegic subjects and 15 clinically healthy subjects were submitted to electromyography of the flexor and extensor carpi ulnaris muscles during wrist flexion and extension. The flexor muscles activation of stroke group (average 464.6 u.n) was significantly higher than the same muscles in control group (mean: 106.3 u.n.) during the wrist flexion, what shows that the non affected side does not present activation in the standart of normality found in the control group.

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