Are There Trigger Points in the Spastic Muscles? Electromyographical Evidence of Dry Needling Effects on Spastic Finger Flexors in Chronic Stroke.

EMG dry needling spasticity stroke trigger points

Journal

Frontiers in neurology
ISSN: 1664-2295
Titre abrégé: Front Neurol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101546899

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 15 11 2019
accepted: 22 01 2020
entrez: 11 3 2020
pubmed: 11 3 2020
medline: 11 3 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The purpose was to examine the immediate effects of dry needling to spastic finger muscles in chronic stroke. Ten chronic stroke patients with spasticity in finger flexors participated in this experiment. Dry needling to the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) muscle was performed under ultrasound guidance for about 30 s (about 100 times). Clinical assessment and intramuscular needle EMG readings were made before and immediately after dry needling. Immediately after needling, the FDS muscle was felt less tight to palpation and the proximal phalangeal joint rested in a less flexed position (

Identifiants

pubmed: 32153489
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00078
pmc: PMC7047231
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

78

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Lu, Briley, Zhou and Li.

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Auteurs

Zhiyuan Lu (Z)

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.

Amy Briley (A)

TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.

Ping Zhou (P)

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.

Sheng Li (S)

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.

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