<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Study aim: To determine whether a physiotherapy protocol improves the electromyographic activation (EA) during the hemiparetic gait in patients with delayed access to rehabilitation.Material and methods: 40 post-stroke patients underwent clinical evaluation and gait assessment at the time of admission and at the end of treatment.Results: The anterior leg muscles tibialis anterior and rectus femoris had earlier onset (p = 0.0001).Conclusion: Electromyographic findings showed altered patterns during the hemiparetic gait cycle, even in patients with delayed access to treatment.</abstract>

Study aim: To determine whether a physiotherapy protocol improves the electromyographic activation (EA) during the hemiparetic gait in patients with delayed access to rehabilitation.Material and methods: 40 post-stroke patients underwent clinical evaluation and gait assessment at the time of admission and at the end of treatment.Results: The anterior leg muscles tibialis anterior and rectus femoris had earlier onset (p = 0.0001).Conclusion: Electromyographic findings showed altered patterns during the hemiparetic gait cycle, even in patients with delayed access to treatment.

Late physiotherapy rehabilitation changes gait patterns in post-stroke patients

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: To determine whether a physiotherapy protocol improves the electromyographic activation (EA) during the hemiparetic gait in patients with delayed...

Late physiotherapy rehabilitation changes gait patterns in post-stroke patients

Published Online: Feb 22, 2017

Page range: 14 - 18

Received: Nov 21, 2016

Accepted: Feb 21, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bhk-2017-0003

Keywords
Stroke, Hemiparetic, Surface electromyography, Gait assessment, Physiotherapy

© Aline do Socorro Soares Cardoso Almeida, Alex Tadeu Viana da Cruz Júnior, Skarleth Raissa Andrade Candeira, Nathalya Ingrid Cardoso do Nascimento, Ketlin Jaquelline Santana de Castro, Ramon Costa de Lima, Tatiana Generoso Campos Pinho Barroso, Givago da Silva Souza, Bianca Callegari

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Late physiotherapy rehabilitation changes gait patterns in post-stroke patients

Published Online: Feb 22, 2017

Page range: 14 - 18

Received: Nov 21, 2016

Accepted: Feb 21, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bhk-2017-0003

KeywordsStroke, Hemiparetic, Surface electromyography, Gait assessment, Physiotherapy

© Aline do Socorro Soares Cardoso Almeida, Alex Tadeu Viana da Cruz Júnior, Skarleth Raissa Andrade Candeira, Nathalya Ingrid Cardoso do Nascimento, Ketlin Jaquelline Santana de Castro, Ramon Costa de Lima, Tatiana Generoso Campos Pinho Barroso, Givago da Silva Souza, Bianca Callegari

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Stroke, Hemiparetic, Surface electromyography, Gait assessment, Physiotherapy