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ALS With and Without Upper Motor Neuron Signs: A Comparative Study Supporting the Gold Coast Criteria

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Gold Coast criteria permit diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) even without upper motor neuron (UMN) signs. However, whether ALS patients with UMN signs (ALSwUMN) and those without (ALSwoUMN) share similar characteristics and prognoses remains unclear.
Hee‐Jae Jung, E‐nae Cheong, Jungmin So, Heung‐Won Kang, Yangsean Choi, Eun‐Jae Lee, Hyunjin Kim, Young‐Min Lim   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research progress in the use of botulinum toxin type a for post-stroke spasticity rehabilitation: a narrative review

Annals of Medicine
Background Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and death worldwide. Spasticity after stroke seriously affects patients’ quality of life.
Qianwen Xu, Hongbo Xiao, Zongjun Zhu, Yuanyuan Guan, Ya Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring muscle tone with isokinetic dynamometer technique in stroke patients

Biomedical Human Kinetics, 2019
Study aim: Increased muscle tone, a common consequence of stroke, has neural and non-neural components. Spasticity is related to the neural component. Non-neural resistance arises from passive stiffness.
Dehno Nasrin Salehi, Sarvestani Fahimeh Kamali, Shariat Abdolhamid, Jaberzadeh Shapour   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spasticity Assessment Based on the Maximum Isometrics Voluntary Contraction of Upper Limb Muscles in Post-stroke Hemiplegia

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Background: The assessment of muscle properties is an essential prerequisite in the treatment of post-stroke patients with limb spasticity. Most existing spasticity assessment approaches do not consider the muscle activation with voluntary contraction ...
Hui Wang, Hui Wang, Pingao Huang, Pingao Huang, Xiangxin Li, Oluwarotimi Williams Samuel, Yun Xiang, Yun Xiang, Guanglin Li   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is two better than one? Muscle vibration plus robotic rehabilitation to improve upper limb spasticity and function: A pilot randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE, 2017
Even though robotic rehabilitation is very useful to improve motor function, there is no conclusive evidence on its role in reducing post-stroke spasticity.
R. Calabró, A. Naro, M. Russo, D. Milardi, A. Leo, S. Filoni, Antonia Trinchera, P. Bramanti   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unilateral Ankle‐Foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton with Balance‐Sensing Feedback for Self‐Help Telerehabilitation after Stroke

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a hybrid robot that integrates mechanical assistance by musculoskeletons (i.e., soft pneumatic muscle with rigid exoskeletal extensions), neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and vibrotactile feedback in a lightweight wearable mechatronic complex applicable to the paretic ankle–foot poststroke for gait restoration. The system can
Fuqiang Ye, Wei Rong, Waiming Li, Kwok‐Ting Wong, Man‐Kit Pang, Hon‐Wah Wai, Lilly Li, Zicong Hong, Song Guo, Zong‐Hao Ma, Yongping Zheng, Ming Zhang, Nicholas Chow, Jianing Zhang, Xiaoling Hu, Fei Chen, Waisang Poon   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Results of selective dorsal rhizotomy in the treatment of local spasticity of lower limb extremities

Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal, 2015
Aim: To develop diagnostic methods and to improve procedure of the dorsal selective rhizotomy (DSR) in patients with the local spasticity of lower extremities.Materials and methods: DSR (L2-S1) were performed in 12 patients with incurable ...
Leonid Pichkur, Iuriy Iaminskiy, Yuriy Lontkovsky   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stabilized Ion Selectivity Corrects Activation Drift in Kalium Channelrhodopsins

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
As newly emerged optogenetic tools, potassium channelrhodopsins (KCRs) can drift from inhibition to activation during illumination as K⁺ selectivity declines. It is shown that both the absolute K⁺/Na⁺ permeability ratio and its stability over time govern this drift, identify KCR1‐C29D as a reliably inhibitory variant, and outline design principles for ...
Xiao Duan, Chong Zhang, Stanislav Ott, Zhiyi Zhang, Christiane Ruse, Sven Dannhäuser, Robert Jacobi, Nadine Ehmann, Divya Sachidanandan, Georg Nagel, Manfred Heckmann, Robert J. Kittel, Alexander Gottschalk, Adam Claridge‐Chang, Shiqiang Gao   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on gait performance in chronic stroke with inadequate ankle control - A randomized controlled trial.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) has been used to improve muscle strength and decrease spasticity of the ankle joint in stroke patients.
Yea-Ru Yang, Pei-Ling Mi, Shih-Fong Huang, Shiu-Ling Chiu, Yan-Ci Liu, Ray-Yau Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-invasive treatment of patients with upper extremity spasticity following stroke using paired trans-spinal and peripheral direct current stimulation

Bioelectronic Medicine, 2019
Background Muscle spasticity is a common impediment to motor recovery in patients with chronic stroke. Standard-of-care treatments such as botulinum toxin injections can temporarily relieve muscle stiffness and pain associated with spasticity, but often ...
Alexandra Paget-Blanc, Johanna L. Chang, Maira Saul, Regina Lin, Zaghloul Ahmed, Bruce T. Volpe   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source