Trunk Muscle Activation Patterns During Standing Turns in Patients With Stroke: An Electromyographic Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Recent evidence indicates that turning difficulty may correlate with trunk control; however, surface electromyography has not been used to explore trunk muscle activity during turning after stroke. This study investigated trunk muscle activation patterns during standing turns in healthy controls (HCs) and patients with stroke with turning difficulty (TD) and no TD (NTD). The participants with stroke were divided into two groups according to the 180° turning duration and number of steps to determine the presence of TD. The activation patterns of the bilateral external oblique and erector spinae muscles of all the participants were recorded during 90° standing turns. A total of 14 HCs, 14 patients with TD, and 14 patients with NTD were recruited. The duration and number of steps in the turni

SUBMITTER: Chen IH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8631775 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature