Feasibility of the Assessment of the H-Reflex in Adult Dancers and Non-dancers with and without Down Syndrome: a Pilot Study
| Autor: | Ferran Rey-Abella, Myriam Guerra-Balic, Raimon Milà-Villarroel, Guillermo R. Oviedo, Núria Massó-Ortigosa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Soleus muscle
030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Down syndrome 05 social sciences Muscle spindle Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation medicine.disease Neuronal pathway 03 medical and health sciences Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine.anatomical_structure Intellectual disability Closed eyes Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Reflex 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences H-reflex 0305 other medical science Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. 32:839-854 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3580 1056-263X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10882-019-09723-y |
| Popis: | The analysis of monosynaptic Hoffman’s reflex (H-reflex) involves recording the response to electrical stimulation of Ia-afferent fibers from the muscle spindle. The H-reflex can be used as a probe to study spinal neuronal pathways and mechanisms at rest and during movement in humans. The purpose of this study was to analyze the feasibility of the assessment of the H-reflex in people with Down syndrome (DS), and to compare it between adult dancers and non-dancers with and without DS. Twenty-five participants were included and divided into four groups (6 non-dancers and 6 dancers with DS and, 7 non-dancers and 6 dancers without DS). The H-reflex was recorded at the level of the soleus muscle in its central area. We analyzed the H response in three different conditions: decubitus prone, static standing position with open eyes and closed eyes. Non-dancers with DS showed a faster H-reflex latency than both groups without DS (all p |
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