Deans' stroke musings: Effects of a Whole Body Vibration as a Means for Controlling Spasticity in Post-stroke Patients: An F-wave Study

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Effects of a Whole Body Vibration as a Means for Controlling Spasticity in Post-stroke Patients: An F-wave Study

If this truly works as suggested it should be shouted to all stroke hospitals immediately. My leg spasticity is totally fucking up my gait and destroying my left knee. Your hospital will probably look at the words, 'further investigations' and do absolutely nothing with this. Your stroke hospital president, board of directors and stroke department head all need to be fired for such a lame response to this research.

Effects of a Whole Body Vibration as a Means for Controlling Spasticity in Post-stroke Patients: An F-wave Study

脳卒中片麻痺下肢への全身振動刺激（Whole body vibration ）による痙縮抑制効果＊誘発電位 F 波を用いた検討. Physical Therapy Japan , Volume 42(2) , Pgs. 90-97.

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Author(s): Kodai MIYARA; TomohiroUEMA; Takuya HIROKAWA; Tomokazu NOMA; Keiko IKEDA; Shuji MATSUMOTO; Megumi SHIMODOZONO; KAZUMI KAWAHIRA.
Publication Year: 2015.

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to investigate the mechanism of spasticity suppression using whole body vibration (WBV) in post-stroke patients with lower-limb hemiplegia. F-wave was used to evaluate the excitability of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord. Participants were 10 post-stroke patients with a mean age of 49.3 ± 13.0 years and lower-limb spasticity. Each patient sat on a chair with hip joint angles at 90˚ of flexion and knee joint angles at 0˚ of extension. WBV was applied at 30 Hz (4-8 mm amplitude) for 5 min on the hamstring and triceps surae muscles. The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) as a measure of spasticity, the F-wave parameters (F-wave amplitude, F/M ratio), the active and passive range of motion (A-ROM, P-ROM), and the 10-m walk test as a measure of walking ability were evaluated before and after the WBV intervention. The MAS score, the A-ROM for ankle dorsiflexion, P-ROM, and walking ability were found to be significantly improved. In addition, the F-wave amplitude showed a tendency to decrease, and the F/M ratio significantly decreased. These results showed reduction of F-wave amplitude and F/M ratio after the WBV intervention, with a corresponding decrease in the MAS score. Suppression of the anterior horn cells by WBV might have led to the suppression of spasticity in this study. Further investigations are deemed necessary to confirm the applicability of the WBV for the treatment of spasticity in post-stroke patients.
Descriptor Terms: Hemiplegia, Lower extremities, Muscles, Spasticity, Stroke, Therapy, Spinal cord.
Language: Japanese
Geographic Location(s): Japan, East & Southeast Asia.

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Citation: Kodai MIYARA, TomohiroUEMA, Takuya HIROKAWA, Tomokazu NOMA, Keiko IKEDA, Shuji MATSUMOTO, Megumi SHIMODOZONO, KAZUMI KAWAHIRA. (2015). Effects of a Whole Body Vibration as a Means for Controlling Spasticity in Post-stroke Patients: An F-wave Study. 脳卒中片麻痺下肢への全身振動刺激（Whole body vibration ）による痙縮抑制効果＊誘発電位 F 波を用いた検討. Physical Therapy Japan , 42(2), Pgs. 90-97. Retrieved 4/24/2019, from REHABDATA databas