Properties of the surface electromyogram following traumatic spinal cord injury: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts spinal and supraspinal pathways, and this process is reflected in changes in surface electromyography (sEMG). sEMG is an informative complement to current clinical testing and can capture the residual motor command in great detail-including in muscles below the level of injury with seemingly absent motor activities. In this comprehensive review, we sought to describe how the sEMG properties are changed after SCI. We conducted a systematic literature search followed by a narrative review focusing on sEMG analysis techniques and signal properties post-SCI. We found that early reports were mostly focused on the qualitative analysis of sEMG patterns and evolved to semi-quantitative scores and a more detailed amplitude-based quantification. Nonetheles

SUBMITTER: Balbinot G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244234 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature