The effects of electrical stimulation of VL and sub-VL on muscle tonus
| Autor: | Kenichi Yamaga, Shozaburo Utsumi, Akira Gega, Keinosuke Kanazawa, Kohei Hayashi, Yutaka Hori |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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Reflex
Stretch medicine.medical_specialty Stimulation Anterior tibial muscle Gastrocnemius muscle Medicine Animals Contralateral limb Spasticity Soleus muscle Brain Mapping business.industry Electromyography Reflex Monosynaptic Muscle Tonus Anatomy musculoskeletal system Corpus Striatum Electric Stimulation Surgery Clonus Thalamic Nuclei Cats Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business Muscle Contraction |
| Zdroj: | Confinia neurologica. 36(4-6) |
| ISSN: | 0010-5678 |
| Popis: | VL and sub-VL were electrically stimulated at 1-mm intervals and the influence on three muscles (anterior tibial muscle, gastrocnemius muscle and soleus muscle) of the contralateral limb was studied by the method of RE-EMG. The effect of VL and sub-VL stimulation was examined on ether clonus as an indicator of hyperactive muscle, especially for spasticity. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Clonus was apparently suppressed by electrical stimulation in an area (F, 10.0 mm; L, 4.0 mm; D, from +2 to -2; there was especially marked suppression of clonus by stimulation in sub-VL. 2. On electrical stimulation of the lateral third of VL, hypertonicity of anterior tibial muscle (T), hypotonicity of gastrocnemius muscle (G), and also hypotonicity of soleus muscle (S), was observed on stimulation of the middle third, T, G, S, and of the medial third, no effect was observed. 3. Electrical stimulation of the anterior part of VL showed T, G, S, and electrical stimulation of the posterior part of VL showed T, G, S. |
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