TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of continued stretching of the affected arm in patients with cerebrovascular diseases by examining H-reflex characteristics
AU - Suzuki, Toshiaki
AU - Saitoh, E.
AU - Tani, M.
AU - Nabeta, R.
AU - Daikuya, S.
AU - Hirose, H.
AU - Wakayama, I.
AU - Fujiwara, T.
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - To investigate excitability of spinal neural function during stretching excises in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD), H-reflex was analyzed before, during and after 1 min. continued stretching of the affected arm. 10 hemiparesis patients with hypertonus and hyperreflex, mean age of 53.2 years were tested. H-reflex was recorded from the abductor pollicis brevis on the affected side after stimulation of median nerve in supine position. The persistence, amplitude and amplitude ratio of H/M during stretching were lower than those before and after in the patients with moderately increased muscle tonus. In patients with slightly and markedly increased, H-reflex was same before, during and after continued stretching. It is suggested that excitability of spinal neural function during 1 min. continued stretching was inhibited in the patients with moderately increased muscle tonus cansed by CVD.
AB - To investigate excitability of spinal neural function during stretching excises in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD), H-reflex was analyzed before, during and after 1 min. continued stretching of the affected arm. 10 hemiparesis patients with hypertonus and hyperreflex, mean age of 53.2 years were tested. H-reflex was recorded from the abductor pollicis brevis on the affected side after stimulation of median nerve in supine position. The persistence, amplitude and amplitude ratio of H/M during stretching were lower than those before and after in the patients with moderately increased muscle tonus. In patients with slightly and markedly increased, H-reflex was same before, during and after continued stretching. It is suggested that excitability of spinal neural function during 1 min. continued stretching was inhibited in the patients with moderately increased muscle tonus cansed by CVD.
KW - Cerebrovascular diseases
KW - Continued stretching
KW - H-reflex
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M3 - Article
C2 - 12613141
AN - SCOPUS:0037270481
SN - 0301-150X
VL - 43
SP - 51
EP - 56
JO - Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
JF - Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
IS - 1
ER -