The effects of time after stroke and selected therapeutic techniques on quadriceps muscle tone in stroke patients
| Autor: | N. J. Part, G. C. Leslie, W. J. Mutch, L. Holdsworth, R A Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Stroke patient business.industry Quadriceps muscle Rest position Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Wrist medicine.disease Muscle tone Tone (musical instrument) medicine.anatomical_structure Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Spasticity medicine.symptom business Stroke |
| Zdroj: | Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 9:131-142 |
| ISSN: | 1532-5040 0959-3985 |
| Popis: | The effects of time after stroke, icing, splinting and transfer techniques on quadriceps muscle tone were measured with the Wartenberg pendulum test. The measure used was R2, which represents the ratio of the amplitude of the first swing to the difference in angle between the start position and the final rest position (Bajd and Vodovnik, 1984). Data for the changes of muscle tone following stroke were obtained for a period of up to 1 year. There were considerable variations but in general tone was reduced for 7–10 days immediately following the stroke, followed by an increase which stabilised at about 3 weeks. Icing and arm splinting in the protracted position and wrist splinting alone caused significant increases in R2. Active assisted transfer through the affected side did not cause a significant change in spasticity, but active unassisted transfer, involving effort and the use of a grabber, using the unaffected side, brought about a significant increase in spasticity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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