Sunday, April 22, 2012

Motor rehabilitation after stroke: Evidence-based practice and translational research

I'm only referring to this paper because of the Myoton.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.hindawi.com/journals/srt/aip/810706.pdf&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAEoBDABOAFAlofQ_ARIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=EIt907vS6NU&usg=AFQjCNFD56H6cueMY65N-YSvXZGdle8AEA
This is the only interesting paragraph:
Chuang and colleagues’ study of instrument evaluation examined the reliability of
Myoton-3 myometer, a tool used to quantify muscle tone, elasticity, and stiffness in
stroke patients.
This study provided evidence for the psychometric soundness of
myotonometric measurement. Also included in this special issue are two systematic
reviews of optimal dosage of stroke motor rehabilitation.
instructions.
I've never heard of this.
Here is a 24 page paper on its uses for tone,etc.
http://www.diasu.com/Site%20Eng/bibliografia/Instructions_Rehabilitation.pdf 
I think this is similar to the myovision, you can read about the quackery of that one here:
quackery
http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/04/myovision-scans-and-chiropractic.html
and here:
http://www.chirobase.org/06DD/semg.html
The myton device website here
http://www.myoton.com/en/Technology
Notice this line at the bottom
The MyotonPRO device IS TO BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY and is not for use in clinical, diagnostic or therapeutic procedures!
Good luck and happy sniggering.

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