Deans' stroke musings: Upper limb recovery in early acute phase stroke survivors by coupled EMG-triggered and cyclic neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Upper limb recovery in early acute phase stroke survivors by coupled EMG-triggered and cyclic neuromuscular electrical stimulation

More non objective research starting points. Severe has no objective meaning. Don't give me the excuse it is using the Rankin scale, that is not objective at all except for #6, death.

Upper limb recovery in early acute phase stroke survivors by coupled EMG-triggered and cyclic neuromuscular electricalstimulation

NeuroRehabilitation , Volume 46(3) , Pgs. 417-422.

NARIC Accession Number: J83974. What's this?
ISSN: 1053-8135.
Author(s): Obayashi, Shigeru ; Takahashi, Rina ; Onuki, Mitsugu.
Publication Year: 2020.
Number of Pages: 6.
Abstract: Study investigated the effects of coupled electromyography (EMG)-triggered and cyclic neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on upper-extremity (UE) paresis during the early acute phase of stroke. Seventeen participants with severe UE disability completed the study. Eight subjects in the intervention group received 15 to 20 minutes of NMES prior to 20 minutes of standard care per day, 5 times per week. Nine age- and severity-matched subjects received a two consecutive 20-minute sessions of standard care per day, 5 times per week. Outcome measures included the UE motor section of the Fugl-Meyer Motor Assessment Scale (FMA-UE), the Wolf motor function test (WMFT), and the Box and Block Test (BBT). The NMES group received treatment (average session: 10.87) after a median 7 days from stroke (16.5 sessions after 5 days for controls). To adjust the different treatment durations, "progress rate" was defined as the gains of UE function scores divided by treatment duration. The progress rate was significantly different in FMA-UE, but not in WMFT and BBT. The results indicate the beneficial effect of coupled EMG-triggered and cyclic NMES for UE paresis during early acute phase of stroke.
Descriptor Terms: ACUTE CARE, ELECTRICAL STIMULATION, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, LIMBS, MOTOR SKILLS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, REHABILITATION SERVICES, SERVICE DELIVERY, STROKE.

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Citation: Obayashi, Shigeru , Takahashi, Rina , Onuki, Mitsugu. (2020). Upper limb recovery in early acute phase stroke survivors by coupled EMG-triggered and cyclic neuromuscular electrical stimulation. NeuroRehabilitation , 46(3), Pgs. 417-422. Retrieved 7/18/2020, from REHABDATA database.