LOWER LIMB ELECTROMYOGRAPHY

Does trunk restraint change lower limb electromyography activity during a reaching task using a robot training protol in standing?

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Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of Lower Limb Electromyography in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on lower limb electromyography and its relation with robot training. The research also analyzes many aspects of lower limb electromyography and tries to gauge its effect on robot training. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for lower limb electromyography and tries to describe the overall effect of lower limb electromyography on robot training.

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Introduction

Stroke is the leading inflict of harsh long-term disability within the United States, with many than 0.75 million strokes befalling yearly and again 4.8 million stroke survivors living today. Although improvements within engine occasion are most necessarily within the initial three months consecutive stroke, modern innovation has backed that benefits within engine occasion can befall with intensive motor learning based rehabilitation, even a lot years poststroke. Motor knowledge theories that generated beliefs of labor specificity, repetition, progression, and feedback possess been incorporated into constraint-induced treatment (CIT) and bilateral arm-training methods. More newly, robot-assisted upper-limb (UL) neurorehabilitation, which also uses engine knowledge theories, has assisted dampen engine harm within fellows with UL paresis as soon as stroke.

 

Background of the study

Robot-assisted rehabilitation provides the components of repetition and goal-oriented tasks along with measurable components of progress. Robot-enhanced rehabilitation treatment governed towards an experimental category within three weeks of their former stroke resulted within notable benefits within shoulder and elbow engine proficiency and intensity, as contrasted with corrections within a dominate category whom did not obtain robotic therapy. Similar improvements possess been certified within patients with UL impairments 1 towards 5 years post stroke. The patients within these robotic learns of chronic stroke illustrated soften UL harm at the moment of enrollment and participated within an intervention that consisted of passive, active-assistive, and/or resistive robot-assisted therapy. The mean initial Fugl-Meyer UL Assessment score was 29 (maximum possible score = 66), with grows consecutive the robot-assisted intervention of many than 5 percent onto average; i.e., increased than 3.3 degree increase within the Fugl-Meyer Assessment.

 

Research Objective

In the show learn, we expand the investigation of robot-assisted coaching via using shorter-duration coaching, focusing exclusively onto patients with harsh longstanding UL paresis, and incorporating robot-derived motion quality (motor control) measures. Patients with harsh UL impairments are habitually prime candidates for compensatory training; they rarely, whether ever, consume their affected arm within daily tasks. Similar learns of this citizen are rare because little expectation exists of ...