An acoustic myography functional assessment of cerebral palsy subjects compared to healthy controls during physical exercise

Autor: Ida Torp Andersen, Else Marie Bartels, Adrian P. Harrison, Rikke Broholm, Jens Bülow, Jessica Pingel, Anja Harder
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of muscle research and cell motility. 40(1)
ISSN: 1573-2657
Popis: Individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) participate in reduced levels of physical activity and spend an increased amount of time in a sedentary state compared with healthy control subjects. Whether this in part can be explained by impaired muscle function is still unclear. The aim of the present study was to elucidate differences in muscle fibre recruitment during treadmill exercise between CP subjects and healthy age-, sex- and BMI-matched controls. This is a case–control study. Acoustic myography (AMG), a method recording fibre use and efficiency from contracting muscles, was applied during a period of treadmill exercise. The recorded AMG parameters revealed that the CP subjects had a significantly lower initial S-score (spatial summation) than the controls (P
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