Revising the stretch reflex threshold method to measure stretch hyperreflexia in cerebral palsy [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Hyper-resistance is an increased resistance to passive muscle stretch, a common feature in neurological disorders. Stretch hyperreflexia, an exaggerated stretch reflex response, is the neural velocity-dependent component of hyper-resistance, and has been
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A Velocity Stretch Reflex Threshold Based on Muscle–Tendon Unit Peak Acceleration to Detect Possible Occurrences of Spasticity during Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 Spasticity might affect gait in children with cerebral palsy. Quantifying its occurrence during locomotion is challenging. One approach is to determine kinematic stretch reflex thresholds, usually on the velocity, during passive assessment and to search ...
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Impact of Voluntary Muscle Activation on Stretch Reflex Excitability in Individuals With Hemiparetic Stroke [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 ObjectiveTo characterize how, following a stretch-induced attenuation, volitional muscle activation impacts stretch reflex activity in individuals with stroke.MethodsA robotic device rotated the paretic elbow of individuals with hemiparetic stroke from ...
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Enhancing postural stability in a musculoskeletal hopping robot through stretch reflex application on biarticular thigh muscles [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 Postural stabilization during rapid and powerful hopping actions represents a significant challenge for legged robotics. One strategy utilized by humans to negotiate this difficulty is the robust activation of biarticular thigh muscles.
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Significantly Delayed Medium-Latency Response of the Stretch Reflex in Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness of the Quadriceps Femoris Muscles Is Indicative of Sensory Neuronal Microdamage [PDF]
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2022 Unaccustomed or strenuous eccentric exercise is known to cause delayed-onset muscle soreness. A recent hypothesis postulated that mechano-energetic microinjury of the primary afferent sensory neuron terminals in the muscle spindles, namely a transient ...
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A Method for Quantification of Stretch Reflex Excitability During Ballistic Reaching [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2023 Stretch reflexes are crucial for performing accurate movements and providing rapid corrections for unpredictable perturbations. Stretch reflexes are modulated by supraspinal structures via corticofugal pathways.
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Modulations of stretch reflex by altering visuomotor contexts [PDF]
Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceVarious functional modulations of the stretch reflex help to stabilize actions, but the computational mechanism behind its context-dependent tuning remains unclear.
Sho Ito, Sho Ito, Hiroaki Gomi
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Detection of stretch reflex onset based on empirical mode decomposition and modified sample entropy [PDF]
BMC Biomedical Engineering, 2019 Background Accurate spasticity assessment provides an objective evaluation index for the rehabilitation treatment of patients with spasticity, and the key is detecting stretch reflex onset.
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A single sequence of intermittent hypoxia does not alter stretch reflex excitability in able‐bodied individuals [PDF]
Experimental PhysiologySpasticity attributable to exaggerated stretch reflex pathways, particularly affecting the ankle plantar flexors, often impairs overground walking in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury.
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Treatment Response to Botulinum Neurotoxin-A in Children With Cerebral Palsy Categorized by the Type of Stretch Reflex Muscle Activation [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 While Botulinum NeuroToxin-A (BoNT-A) injections are frequently used to reduce the effects of hyperactive stretch reflexes in children with cerebral palsy (CP), the effects of this treatment vary strongly.
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