| Effects of butterfly bath on upper limb spasticity after stroke |
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| EN KeyWords: stroke spasticity butterfly bath surface electromyography |
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| Objective:To observe the effect of butterfly bath on spasticity of upper limb in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia by surface electromyography (sEMG).Methods:Sixty patients with post-stroke hemiplegia were assigned to treatment group (n=30) with conventional rehabilitation and butterfly bath treatment, and control group (n=30) just given conventional rehabilitation by random number table. IEMG of the biceps and triceps muscle in two groups was assessed by sEMG when the elbow joint crooked into maximum isometric contraction, muscle tension by the modified Ashworth scale (MAS), and motor function score of upper limb (FMA-U) by the simple Fugl Meyer before and after treatment for 4 weeks respectively.Results:After 4 weeks of treatment, both the IEMG of the biceps muscle when the elbow joint crooked into maximum isometric contraction and the MAS scores of the elbow and wrist flexors of the hemiplegic side in the two groups were significantly lower than pre-treatment (P<0.05), and those in the treatment group were significantly reduced as compared with control group (P<0.05). Conversely, both the IEMG of triceps muscle and FMA-U scores of the hemiplegic side in the two groups significantly increased after 4 weeks of treatment (P<0.05), and those in the treatment group were significantly increased as compared with control group (P<0.05).Conclusion:The butterfly bath therapy can effectively relieve the spasm and its complicated motor dysfunction of upper limb in patients with post stroke hemiplegia, and it is worthy of being applied in clinical treatment. |
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