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Electroneurographic Evaluation of Neural Impulse Transmission in Patients after Ischemic Stroke Following Functional Electrical Stimulation of Antagonistic Muscles at Wrist and Ankle in Two-Month Follow-Up

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  • Katarzyna Kaczmarek

    (Neurology Ward, Pomeranian District Hospital, Chałubińskiego No. 7, 75-581 Koszalin, Poland)

  • Juliusz Huber

    (Department of Pathophysiology of Locomotor Organs, University of Medical Sciences, 28 Czerwca 1956 No. 135/137, 60-545 Poznań, Poland)

  • Katarzyna Leszczyńska

    (Department of Pathophysiology of Locomotor Organs, University of Medical Sciences, 28 Czerwca 1956 No. 135/137, 60-545 Poznań, Poland)

  • Przemysław Daroszewski

    (Department of Organization and Management in Health Care, University of Medical Sciences, 28 Czerwca 1956 No. 135/137, 60-545 Poznań, Poland)

Abstract

The available data from electroneurography (ENG) studies on the transmission of neural impulses in the motor fibers of upper and lower extremity nerves following neuromuscular functional electrical stimulation (NMFES) combined with kinesiotherapy in post-stroke patients during sixty-day observation do not provide convincing results. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of an NMFES of antagonistic muscle groups at the wrist and ankle and kinesiotherapy based mainly on proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF). An ENG was performed once in a group of 60 healthy volunteers and three times in 120 patients after stroke (T0, up to 7 days after the incident; T1, after 21 days of treatment; and T2, after 60 days of treatment); 60 subjects received personalized NMFES and PNF treatment (NMFES+K), while the other 60 received only PNF (K). An ENG studied peripheral (M-wave recordings), C8 and L5 ventral root (F-wave recordings) neural impulse transmission in the peroneal and the ulnar nerves on the hemiparetic side. Both groups statistically differed in their amplitudes of M-wave recording parameters after peroneal nerve stimulation performed at T0 and T2 compared with the control group. After 60 days of treatment, only the patients from the NMFES+K group showed significant improvement in M-wave recordings. The application of the proposed NMFES electrostimulation algorithm combined with PNF improved the peripheral neural transmission in peroneal but not ulnar motor nerve fibers in patients after ischemic stroke. Combined kinesiotherapy and safe, personalized, controlled electrotherapy after stroke give better results than kinesiotherapy alone.

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  • Katarzyna Kaczmarek & Juliusz Huber & Katarzyna Leszczyńska & Przemysław Daroszewski, 2022. "Electroneurographic Evaluation of Neural Impulse Transmission in Patients after Ischemic Stroke Following Functional Electrical Stimulation of Antagonistic Muscles at Wrist and Ankle in Two-Month Foll," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-13, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:713-:d:720847
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