Change in Intramuscular Fat in the Quadriceps of Stroke Patients in a Convalescent Rehabilitation Ward: A Case Report

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Change in Intramuscular Fat in the Quadriceps of Stroke Patients in a Convalescent Rehabilitation Ward: A Case Report

回復期リハビリテーション病棟入院脳卒中患者の大腿 四頭筋における筋内脂肪量の縦断的変化：症例報告.  Rigakuryoho Kagaku , Volume 34(1) , Pgs. 135-141.

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Author(s): Taisei ISHIMOTO; Asami TOMARI; Naoki AKAZAWA.
Publication Year: 2019.
Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the change in  in the quadriceps of stroke patients in a convalescent rehabilitation ward. Participants were two stroke patients in a convalescent rehabilitation ward. Intramuscular fat in the quadriceps of the paretic and non-paretic limbs was measured using transverse ultrasound imaging, at admission and 3 months later. Intramuscular fat of both patients decreased after a 3-month hospital stay [case A (paretic side: −2%, non-paretic side: −12.1%); case B (paretic side: −30.7%, non-paretic side: −25.1%)]. The participants' Functional Independence Measure and Fugl-Meyer lower extremity scores after 3 months’ stay were higher than those at admission. Intramuscular fat in the quadriceps of stroke patients in a convalescent rehabilitation ward may decrease after a 3-month rehabilitation program together with improvement of lower limb function.
Descriptor Terms: Functional capacity, Lower extremities, Muscles, Rehabilitation, Stroke.
Language: Japanese
Geographic Location(s): Japan, East & Southeast Asia.

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Citation: Taisei ISHIMOTO, Asami TOMARI, Naoki AKAZAWA. (2019). Change in Intramuscular Fat in the Quadriceps of Stroke Patients in a Convalescent Rehabilitation Ward: A Case Report.  回復期リハビリテーション病棟入院脳卒中患者の大腿 四頭筋における筋内脂肪量の縦断的変化：症例報告.  Rigakuryoho Kagaku , 34(1), Pgs. 135-141. Retrieved 8/20/2019, from REHABDATA database.