Deans' stroke musings: Enhancing stroke rehabilitation: Assessing hand function through electromyography

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.

What this blog is for:

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.

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Enhancing stroke rehabilitation: Assessing hand function through electromyography

This still doesn't deliver recovery, it only evaluates the existing movement. CREATING EXACT RECOVERY PROTOCOLS IS NEEDED!

Enhancing stroke rehabilitation: Assessing hand function through electromyography

Citation

Nuñez, E., & Gao, Y. Enhancing stroke rehabilitation: Assessing hand function through electromyography. -- FYRE in STEM Showcase, 2025.

Abstract

Stroke remains a leading cause of long-term disability, as it significantly impairs hand function and impacts the daily lives of affected individuals. Traditional assessment methods for hand strength and recovery, such as manual muscle testing, often lack the objectivity and precision necessary for effective rehabilitation. This study investigates the application of electromyography (EMG) as an objective measurement tool for evaluating muscle activation during hand-squeezing tasks in stroke patients. The primary objective is to assess the effectiveness of EMG in enhancing the evaluation of hand function and informing rehabilitation strategies. Healthy individuals will perform controlled hand-squeezing tasks. EMG sensors will be utilized to record muscle activation patterns, focusing on contraction timing and intensity. Those results will serve as a control and will be compared to results from simulated stroke survivors. A specialized software program will be developed to analyze EMG data, with validation involving a comparative analysis between groups. The anticipated findings aim to demonstrate the advantages of EMG in providing accurate assessments of muscle function, ultimately supporting the development of personalized rehabilitation protocols. By integrating EMG into stroke rehabilitation practices, this research seeks to improve recovery outcomes, enhance quality of life for stroke survivors, and advance data-driven rehabilitation methodologies.