Does electrical stimulation reduce spasticity after stroke? A randomized controlled study

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 418-425

  Bakhtiary, Amir H ^a   Fatemy, Elham ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45149087509     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507084008     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Feng CJ, Mak AF. Three-dimensional motion analysis of the voluntary elbow movement in subjects with spasticity. IEEE Trans Rehabil Eng 1997; 5: 253-62.
2. Illis Ls. Neurological rehabilitation, second edition. Blackwell, 1994: 335-45.
3. Dones I, Nazzi V, Broggi G. The guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of spasticity. J Neurosurg Sci 2006; 50: 101-105.
4. Bobath B. Adult hemiplegia: evaluation and treatment, third edition. William Heinemann, 1990: 740-50.
5. Bogataj U, Gros N, Kljajic M, Acimovic R, Malezic M. Rehabilitation of gait in patients with hemiplegia. A comparison between conventional therapy and multichannel functional stimulation therapy. Phys Ther 1995; 75: 490-502.
6. Albright AL. Neurosurgical treatment of spasticity and other pediatric movement disorders. J Child Neurol 2003; 18(suppl 1): S67-78.
7. Carmick J. Clinical use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for children with cerebral palsy, Part 1: Lower extremity. Phys Ther 1993; 73: 505-13.
8. Bakke F. The acute treatment of stroke. In Harrison MA, Rustad RA eds. Physiotherapy in stroke management. Churchill Livingstone, 1995: 215-22.
9. Albert T, Yelnik A. Physiotherapy for spasticity. Neurochirurgie 2003; 49: 239-46.
10. Wang RY, Chen HI, Chen CY, Yang YR. Efficacy of Bobath versus orthopaedic approach on impairment and function at different motor recovery stages after stroke: a randomized controlled study. Clin Rehabil 2005; 19: 155-64.
11. Ansari NN, Naghdi S. The effect of Bobath approach on the excitability of the spinal alpha motor neurones in stroke patients with muscle spasticity. Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 2007; 47: 29-36.
12. Gialanella B, Benvenuti P, Santoro R. The painful hemiplegic shoulder: effects of exercises program according to Bobath. Clin Ter 2004; 155: 491-97.
13. Santos M, Zahner LH, McKiernan BJ, Mahnken JD, Quaney B. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves severe hand dysfunction for individuals with chronic stroke: a pilot study. J Neurol Phys Ther 2006; 30: 175-83.
14. Dewald JP, Given JD, Rymer WZ. Long-lasting reductions of spasticity induced by skin electrical stimulation. IEEE Trans Rehabil Eng 1996; 4: 231-42.
15. Miller L, Mattison P, Paul L, Wood L. The effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on spasticity in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2007; 13: 527-33.
16. Carda S, Molteni F. Taping versus electrical stimulation after botulinum toxin type A injection for wrist and finger spasticity. A case-control study. Clin Rehabil 2005; 19: 621-26.
17. Hazlewood ME, Brown JK, Rowe PJ, Salter PM. The use of therapeutic electrical stimulation in the treatment of hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol 1994; 36: 661-73.
18. Vitenzon AS, Mironov EM, Petrushanskaya KA. Functional electrostimulation of muscles as a method for restoring motor functions. Neurosci Behav Physiol 2005; 35: 709-14.
19. Popovic MR, Curt A, Keller T, Dietz V. Functional electrical stimulation for grasping and walking: indications and limitations. Spinal Cord 2001; 39: 403-12.
20. Vodovnik L. Therapeutic effects of functional electrical stimulation of extremities. Med Biol Eng Comput 1981; 19: 470-78.
21. Ogawara K, Kuwabara S, Kamitsukasa I, Mizobuchi K, Misawa S, Hattori T. Trigeminal afferent input alters the excitability of facial motoneurons in hemifacial spasm. Neurology 2004; 62: 1749-52.
22. Low J, Reed A. Electrotherapy explained: principles and practice. Butterworth Heinemann, 2006: 220-35.
23. Blackburn M, van Vliet P, Mockett SP. Reliability of measurements obtained with the modified Ashworth scale in the lower extremities of people with stroke. Phys Ther 2002; 82: 25-34.
24. Kendall FP, Kendall-McCreary E, Provance P. Muscles: testing and function with posture and pain, fifth edition. Lippincott, Williams and Williams, 2005.
25. Levin MF, Hui-Chan C. Are H and stretch reflexes in hemiparesis reproducible and correlated with spasticity? J Neurol 1993; 240: 63-71.
26. Levada OA, Slyvko IeI. The weakening of the inhibition of the H-reflex in patients with different sites of a hemispheric stroke. Lik Sprava 1998; 6: 64-67.
27. Ozer K, Chesher SP, Scheker LR. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation and dynamic bracing for the management of upper-extremity spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol 2006; 48: 559-63.
28. Aydin G, Tomruk S, Keleş I, Demir SO, Orkun S. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation versus baclofen in spasticity: clinical and electrophysiologic comparison. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 84: 584-92.
29. Sköld C, Lönn L, Harms-Ringdahl K, Hultling C, Levi R, Nash M, Seiger A. Effects of functional electrical stimulation training for six months on body composition and spasticity in motor complete tetraplegic spinal cord-injured individuals. J Rehabil Med 2002; 34: 25-32.
30. Hines AE, Crago PE, Billian C. Functional electrical stimulation for the reduction of spasticity in the hemiplegic hand. Biomed Sci Instrum 1993; 29: 259-66.
31. Robinson CJ, Kett NA, Bolam JM. Spasticity in spinal cord injured patients: 2. Initial measures and long-term effects of surface electrical stimulation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1988; 69: 862-68.
32. Pease WS. Therapeutic electrical stimulation for spasticity: quantitative gait analysis. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 1998; 77: 351-55.
33. Weingarden HP, Zeilig G, Heruti R et al. Hybrid functional electrical stimulation orthosis system for the upper limb: effects on spasticity in chronic stable hemiplegia. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 1998; 77: 276-81.
34. Scheker LR, Chesher SP, Ramirez S. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation and dynamic bracing as a treatment for upper-extremity spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. J Hand Surg [Br] 1999; 24: 226-32.
35. Panizza M, Balbi P, Russo G, Nillson J. H-reflex recovery curve and reciprocal inhibition of H-reflex of the upper limbs in patients with spasticity secondary to stroke. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 1995; 74: 375-63.
36. Goulet C, Arsenault AB, Bourbonnais D, Laramee MT, Lepage Y. Effects of transcutaneus electrical nerve stimulation on H-reflex and spinal spasticity. Scand J Rehabil Med 1996; 28: 169-76.
37. Gaft PG. Kotlik BA, Slivko EI, Shevchenko LA. The weakening of the inhibition of the H-reflex in patients who have had a stroke and its relation to spasticity of the skeletal musculature. Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 1994; 94: 16-17.
38. Chang QY, Lin JG, Hsieh CL. Effect of manual acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on the H-reflex. Acupunct Electrother Res 2001; 26: 239-51.
39. Joodaki MR, Olyaei GR, Bagheri H. The effects of electrical nerve stimulation of the lower extremity on H-reflex and F-wave parameters. Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 2001; 41: 23-28.
40. Tanino Y, Daikuya S, Nishimori T, Takasaki K, Suzuki T. M wave and H-reflex of soleus muscle before and after electrical muscle stimulation in healthy subjects. Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 2003; 43: 381-84.
41. Funase K, Miles TS. Observations on the variability of the H-reflex in human soleus. Muscle Nerve 1999; 22: 341-46.