Spasticity Measurements Using Pendulum Test for Predicting Gait Performance in Patients with Hemiplegic Stroke
1 Introduction Spasticity is described as a motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes (muscle tone) and increased tendon jerks resulting from disinhibition of the stretch reflex, as one major component of the upper motor neuron lesions (Feldman & Young et al., 1980).Spasticity is a highly heterogeneous phenomenon that involves multiple neural pathways.Spasticity poses difficulties in the recovery of normal gait patterns in patients with upper motor neuron diseases by interfering with their balance and voluntary muscle activation (Rosa & Marques et al., 2015).The prevalence of spasticity in patients with stroke varies from 19％ (Sommerfeld & Eek et al., 2004) to 92％ (Malhotra S & Pandyan et al., 2011).Spasticity was observed in 38％ of survivors within the first year of stroke (Watkins & Leathley et al., 2002).Furthermore, spasticity may result in life dependency and a higher risk of falls in patients with stroke (Soyuer & Ozturk et al., 2007).As the social progress, the incidence of stroke is higher in elderly patients.
Wei Li
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
国际会议
北京
英文
199-211
2017-09-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）