Effect of continued stretching of the affected arm in patients with cerebrovascular diseases by examining H-reflex characteristics

Toshiaki Suzuki, E. Saitoh, M. Tani, R. Nabeta, S. Daikuya, H. Hirose, I. Wakayama, T. Fujiwara

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)51-56
Number of pages6
JournalElectromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume43
Issue number1
StatePublished - Jan 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cerebrovascular diseases
  • Continued stretching
  • H-reflex

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology
  • Physiology

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