ArticleSpinal cord2017
Modular control of gait after incomplete spinal cord injury: differences between sides.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Gait analysis methods in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- The efficacy of gait rehabilitations for the treatment of incomplete spinal cord injury: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
- Kinematic and Neuromuscular Adaptations in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury after High- versus Low-Intensity Locomotor Training.Journal of neurotrauma · 2019Trial
- Gait pattern stratification in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury: a data-driven approach.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Adaptation of motor unit synergies in the synergetic ankle plantarflexors in ambulatory persons with incomplete spinal cord injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Muscle synergies analysis shows altered neural strategies in women with patellofemoral pain during walking.PloS one · 2023Article
- Unilateral symptomatic Achilles tendinopathy has limited effects on bilateral lower limb ground reaction force asymmetries and muscular synergy attributes when walking at natural and fast speeds.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2022Article
- Individuals with Chronic Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Exhibit Decreased Neuromuscular Complexity During Gait.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2022Article
- A muscle synergy-based method to estimate muscle activation patterns of children with cerebral palsy using data collected from typically developing children.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Modular organization of locomotor networks in people with severe spinal cord injury.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Properties of the surface electromyogram following traumatic spinal cord injury: a scoping review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Patient-specific functional electrical stimulation strategy based on muscle synergy and walking posture analysis for gait rehabilitation of stroke patients.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Article
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- Non-negative matrix factorisation is the most appropriate method for extraction of muscle synergies in walking and running.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Dry needling technique decreases spasticity and improves general functioning in incomplete spinal cord injury: A case report.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2020Article
- Differences in Muscle Synergy Symmetry Between Subacute Post-stroke Patients With Bioelectrically-Controlled Exoskeleton Gait Training and Conventional Gait Training.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
- Motor Adaptation to Weight Shifting Assistance Transfers to Overground Walking in People with Spinal Cord Injury.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Lateral Symmetry of Synergies in Lower Limb Muscles of Acute Post-stroke Patients After Robotic Intervention.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
- Scaling Our World View: How Monoamines Can Put Context Into Brain Circuitry.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2018Article
- Modular Control of Human Movement During Running: An Open Access Data Set.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
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designThis is an analytical descriptive study.
objectivesThe main goal of this study was to compare the modular organization of bilateral lower limb control in incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) patients during overground walking, using muscle synergies analysis. The secondary goal was to determine whether the similarity between the patients and control group correlate with clinical indicators of walking performance.
settingThis study was conducted in National Hospital for Spinal Cord Injury (Toledo, Spain).
methodsEight iSCI patients and eight healthy subjects completed 10 walking trials at matched speed. For each trial, three-dimensional motion analysis and surface electromyography (sEMG) analysis of seven leg muscles from both limbs were performed. Muscle synergies were extracted from sEMG signals using a non-negative matrix factorization algorithm. The optimal number of synergies has been defined as the minimum number needed to obtain variability accounted for (VAF) ⩾90%.
resultsWhen compared with healthy references, iSCI patients showed fewer muscle synergies in the most affected side and, in both sides, significant differences in the composition of synergy 2. The degree of similarity of these variables with the healthy reference, together with the composition of synergy 3 of the most affected side, presented significant correlations (P<0.05) with walking performance.
conclusionThe analysis of muscle synergies shows potential to detect differences between the two sides in patients with iSCI. Specifically, the VAF may constitute a new neurophysiological metric to assess and monitor patients' condition throughout the gait recovery process.
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