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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2011

The effect of electrical passive cycling on spasticity in war veterans with spinal cord injury.

Seyed Mansoor Rayegani, Hadi Shojaee, Leyla Sedighipour, Mohammad Reza Soroush, Mohammad Baghbani, Omm'ol Banin Amirani

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seyed Mansoor RayeganiDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shohada Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.
Hadi Shojaee
Leyla Sedighipour
Mohammad Reza Soroush
Mohammad Baghbani
Omm'ol Banin Amirani
Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMuscle atrophy, spasticity, and deformity are among long term complication of spinal cord injury (SCI) veterans. There are numerous studies evaluating effect of functional electrical stimulation on muscle properties of SCI people, but less research has focused on the benefits of passive cycling in the management of spasticity and improving ROM of lower limbs in individuals with SCI.

aimsTo evaluate the effect of electrical passive cycling on passive range of movement spasticity and electrodiagnostic parameters in SCI veterans.

methodsSixty-four SCI veterans referred to two clinical and research center in Tehran were recruited in this prospective clinical trial. The subjects were divided into two groups according to electrical passive cycling usage: (1) patients who did not use pedal exercise (control group), (2) patients used Electrical passive cycling up to optimal level (intervention group). Main outcome measures included hip, knee, and ankle range of motion, spasticity scale, and electrodiagnostic parameters including F-Wave Consistency, F-Wave Amplitude, H/M Ratio, F/M Ratio, H-Reflex Onset Latency, and H-Reflex Amplitude. Data were recorded at the time of receiving and 1 year after pedal exercise usage.

resultsSixty-four SCI patients including 95.3% male, 4.7% female with mean age 43 years old were included in this study. All patients except one suffered from complete SCI. The involved spinal levels were cervical (17.2%), upper thoracic (34.4%), lower thoracic (45.3%), and lumbar (3.1%). Spasticity scale decreased significantly after passive cycling in group 2. Also hip, knee, and ankle ROM in group 2 were significantly improved after pedal exercise. There was a significant difference in H max/M max (RT&LT) and F/M ratio after versus before electric passive cycling system in group 2.

conclusionThese findings suggest that passive rhythmic leg exercise can lead to decrease in spasticity, increase in passive ROM of lower limbs and improvement in electrodiagnostic parameters of spasticity in patients with SCI.

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electrical passive cyclingspasticityspinal cord injury

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PMCPMC3119861
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