Introduction: This study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators implementing early therapeutic electrical stimulation (ES) treatment from both patient therapist perspectives as part of a feasibility study. Methods Design: Interviews were conducted with patients their carers focus groups therapists post-intervention period. Setting: in patient’s homes for specialist stroke unit Nottingha...

Simultaneous voluntary contractions of antagonistic pairs (co-contraction) produce resistive forces that act against each other (Maeo et al., 2013c). It has been reported that a training program in which subjects performed voluntary co-contractions of elbow flexors and extensors with maximal effort produced significant increases in the strength capability of both muscle groups, without the use ...

The aim of this study was to perform a comparative analysis of maximal muscle torques at individual stages of development of athletes and to determine the relationship between muscle torques, fighting methods and the level of sports performance. The activity of 25 judo contestants during judo combats and the effectiveness of actions were evaluated. Maximum muscle torques in flexors/extensors of...

CASE NUMBER 1. Mr. M. W., a 41-year old white male was admitted to the Victoria General Hospital with complaints of twitching in the left arm and legs, and weakness of the left hand. Seven to eight years prior to admission, the patient noticed dull muscle pain in his arms and legs, lasting four to five days at a time. The pain worsened as the day passed and was neither aggravated nor relieved b...

It has been hypothesized that the magnocellular red nucleus (RNm) contributes to compensation for motor impairments associated with lesions of the pyramidal tract. To test this hypothesis, we used stimulus triggered averaging (StTA) of electromyographic (EMG) activity to characterize changes in motor output from the red nucleus after lesions of the pyramidal tract. Three monkeys were trained to...

This study characterizes tonic and phasic stretch reflex and stiffness and viscosity changes associated with spastic hemiparesis. Perturbations were applied to the ankle of 27 hemiparetic and 36 healthy subjects under relaxed or active contracting conditions. A nonlinear delay differential equation model characterized phasic and tonic stretch reflex gains, elastic stiffness, and viscous damping...

The extent and characteristics of muscle fatigue of different muscle groups when subjected to a similar fatiguing task may differ. Thirteen healthy young men performed sustained contractions at 50% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) force until task failure, with four different muscle groups, over two sessions. Per session, one upper limb and one lower limb muscle group were tested (knee exten...