Effects of fast functional exercise on muscle activity after stroke

When I was getting therapy there was absolutely nothing I could do fast, even now I can't.
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Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair , Volume 26(8) , Pgs. 968-975.

NARIC Accession Number: J64900.  What's this?
ISSN: 1545-9683.
Author(s): Gray, Vicki L.; Ivanova, Tanya D.; Garland, S. Jayne.
Publication Year: 2012.
Number of Pages: 8.
Abstract: Study examined the effects of a single session of fast functional movements on muscle activation and the speed of movement in participants with stroke. Thirty-two individuals with stroke and 32 age- and sex-matched controls performed a single session of 50 fast squats and steps. Electromyographic (EMG) activity was measured bilaterally in the rectus femoris (RF), biceps femoris (BF), tibialis anterior (TA), and soleus muscles. The average EMG area and the movement speed were calculated over 10 trials. The effect of exercise was determined as the change from the second set (start) to the last set (end) of 10 trials. Results showed that the stroke group had significant increases in EMG area of the TA, BF, and RF during the squatting exercise. There was an increase in EMG area of the RF and BF when the paretic leg was stepping. Improvements in EMG area of the soleus and RF when the paretic leg was in stance accompanied increases in EMG area when the nonparetic leg was stepping. There was a trend for improved movement speed for both exercises. These findings suggest that a single session of exercises emphasizing speed of movement can be used to improve muscle activation in people with mild to moderately severe strokes.