Effect of EMG-Triggered Stimulation on Drop Foot after Hemiplegia
ZHANG Mei-ying
MAO Shi-gang
YU Yang
WANG Ying-ying
CHEN Wei
Abstract：Objective To investigate the effect of EMG-triggered stimulation on drop foot for poststroke hemiplegia. Methods 36 hemi-plegic patients were randomized into routine group (n=18) and EMG-triggered stimulation group (triggered group, n=18). 2 groups were as-sessed by Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), range of motion (ROM) of ankle dorsiflexion and iEMG values before and after treatment. Re-sults The scores of FMA, degrees of ROM, iEMG values of the tibialis anterior, and co-contraction ratio improved in 2 groups after treat-ment (P<0.05), and the triggered group had better effect than the routine group (P<0.05). Conclusion EMG-triggered stimulation can im-prove muscle strength, and decrease co-contraction ratio.
Keywords：strokeelectromyography-triggered stimulationsurface electromyographyintegrated electromyography
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 256-259 )