Relationship between Dynamic Balance and the Muscular Strength of the Non-paretic Lower Limbs of Patients with Post-stroke Hemiplegia

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. A. OLAWALE ◽  
A. O. AJIBOYE ◽  
V. MADUAGWU
Keyword(s):  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Dynamic Balance ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Post Stroke

Aquatic Therapy for improving Lower Limbs Function in Post-stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mahboubeh Ghayour Najafabadi ◽  
Ardalan Shariat ◽  
Jan Dommerholt ◽  
Azadeh Hakakzadeh ◽  
Amin Nakhostin-Ansari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Aquatic Therapy ◽  
Post Stroke

scholarly journals Optimizing the Explosive Force of the Elite Level Football-Tennis Players through Plyometric and Specific Exercises

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 8228
Author(s):  
Anamaria Gherghel ◽  
Dana Badau ◽  
Adela Badau ◽  
Liviu Moraru ◽  
Gabriel Marian Manolache ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Balance ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Jump Height ◽  
Balance Study ◽  
Athletic Program ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Explosive Force ◽  
Vertical Jumps

The aim of the research was to implement an athletic program to improve the explosive force in order to optimize physical fitness at the level of elite football-tennis players and evaluate the progress made through specific tests using the Opto Jump. The research included 10 elite European and world-class players, on whom an experimental program was applied in order to improve the explosive force of the limbs in conditions of speed, endurance, and dynamic balance. Study tests: five vertical jumps on the spot, on the left/right leg; five back and forth jumps on the left/right leg; five left/right side jumps on the left/right leg; vertical jumps on both legs 60 s; BFS vertical jumps. For each test, the following parameters specific to the explosive force were statistically analyzed: contact time (s); flight time (s); jump height (cm), jump power (w/kg); RSI—Reactive Strength Index, defined as Height (m/s). In the study, the average value of the parameters specific to the jumps performed in each test was taken into account. During the study, the tests were performed and processed on the Opto Jump device and software. In all tests of the experiment monitored through Opto Jump, significant progress was made in the final test compared to the initial one, which demonstrates the efficiency of the physical training program implemented for the development of explosive force, with an impact on the sports performance of elite players. The most relevant results obtained for the left leg regarding the improvement of the explosive force of the lower limbs materialized in the jump height parameter was in the test of five vertical jumps on one leg on the spot, and for the right leg in the tests of: five back and forth jumps and five left/right side jumps. The most significant advances in the study were in the tests, in descending order of their weight: 60 s vertical jumps on both legs; five back-and-forth jumps and five left/right side jumps, five vertical jumps on one leg standing, and BFS vertical jumps.

Effects Of A 8-week Pilates Exercise On Static And Dynamic Balance In Post Stroke Patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukhoon Yoon ◽  
Hee Sung Lim ◽  
Ji-sun Ryu ◽  
SangKyun Park ◽  
Sangheon Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Balance ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Post Stroke

scholarly journals The influence of locomotor training on dynamic balance during steady-state walking post-stroke

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Arian Vistamehr ◽  
Steven A. Kautz ◽  
Mark G. Bowden ◽  
Richard R. Neptune
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Dynamic Balance ◽  
Locomotor Training ◽  
Post Stroke

Relationship between Muscular Strength and Functional Balance in People Post-Stroke

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (5S) ◽  
pp. 856
Author(s):  
Mayumi Wagatsuma ◽  
Taehoon Kim ◽  
Brenda Jeng ◽  
Cynthia Rhode ◽  
Hallie Bui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
Functional Balance

scholarly journals Assessment of an Assistive Control Approach Applied in an Active Knee Orthosis Plus Walker for Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2452
Author(s):  
Ana Cecilia Villa-Parra ◽  
Jessica Lima ◽  
Denis Delisle-Rodriguez ◽  
Laura Vargas-Valencia ◽  
Anselmo Frizera-Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Muscle Activation ◽  
Inertial Sensors ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Trunk Muscles ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Gait Rehabilitation ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
Knee Orthosis

The goal of this study is the assessment of an assistive control approach applied to an active knee orthosis plus a walker for gait rehabilitation. The study evaluates post-stroke patients and healthy subjects (control group) in terms of kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activity. Muscle and gait information of interest were acquired from their lower limbs and trunk, and a comparison was conducted between patients and control group. Signals from plantar pressure, gait phase, and knee angle and torque were acquired during gait, which allowed us to verify that the stance control strategy proposed here was efficient at improving the patients’ gaits (comparing their results to the control group), without the necessity of imposing a fixed knee trajectory. An innovative evaluation of trunk muscles related to the maintenance of dynamic postural equilibrium during gait assisted by our active knee orthosis plus walker was also conducted through inertial sensors. An increase in gait cycle (stance phase) was also observed when comparing the results of this study to our previous work. Regarding the kinematics, the maximum knee torque was lower for patients when compared to the control group, which implies that our orthosis did not demand from the patients a knee torque greater than that for healthy subjects. Through surface electromyography (sEMG) analysis, a significant reduction in trunk muscle activation and fatigability, before and during the use of our orthosis by patients, was also observed. This suggest that our orthosis, together with the assistive control approach proposed here, is promising and could be considered to complement post-stroke patient gait rehabilitation.

scholarly journals Spinal cord compression secondary to vertebral echinococcosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (01) ◽  
pp. 143-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abat Sahlu ◽  
Brook Mesfin ◽  
Abenezer Tirsit ◽  
Knut Wester
Keyword(s):  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Cord Compression ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Limb Weakness ◽  
Lower Limb Weakness ◽  
Cervical Approach ◽  
Anterior Cervical Approach ◽  
Anterior Plating

ABSTRACTWe describe a patient with progressive lower limb weakness and paresthesia 3 days after falling from a considerable height. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography revealed collapsed Th2 and Th3 vertebrae. A tuberculous (TB) spondylitis was suspected, and anti-TB medication was started however with no clinical improvement. She was referred to our center and operated. A 3 level discectomy and 2 level corpectomy were performed with iliac bone grafting and anterior plating via an anterior cervical approach. The patient developed an esophagocutaneous fistula that was repaired and cured. The biopsy specimen showed a hydatid cyst of the vertebra as the cause of the lesion. After the result, she was started on oral albendazole. At follow-up nearly 4 months after surgery, the patient had regained significant power in her lower limbs with a muscular strength of 5/5 in both legs, thus making it possible to walk without support.

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