I'm sure your therapist can use this to adjust your stroke protocol.
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1413-35552013000100013&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The extent to which muscle length affects force production in
paretic lower limb muscles after stroke in comparison to controls has
not been established.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate knee
flexor strength deficits dependent on hip joint position in adults
with hemiparesis and compare with healthy controls.
METHOD:
a cross-sectional study with ten subjects with chronic (63±40
months) hemiparesis with mild to moderate lower limb paresis (Fugl-Meyer
score 26±3) and 10 neurologically healthy controls. Isometric knee
flexion strength with the hip positioned at 90° and 0° of flexion was
assessed randomly on the paretic and non-paretic side of hemiparetic
subjects and healthy controls. Subjects were asked to perform a
maximal isometric contraction sustained for four seconds and measured
by a dynamometer. The ratio of knee flexor strength between these
two hip positions was calculated: Hip 0°/Hip 90°. Also, locomotor
capacity was evaluated by the timed up and go test and by walking
velocity over 10 meters.
RESULTS: In subjects with
hemiparesis, absolute knee flexion torque decreased (p <0.001) with
the hip in extension (at 0°). The ratio of knee flexor torque Hip
0°/Hip 90° on the paretic side in hemiparetics was lower than in
controls (p=0.02).
CONCLUSIONS: Weakness dependent on
joint position is more significant in the paretic lower limb of
adults with hemiparesis when compared to controls. More attention
should be given to lower limb muscle strengthening exercises in
individuals with stroke, with emphasis on the strengthening exercises in
positions in which the muscle is shortened.
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