ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2017
Postactivation depression of soleus H-reflex increase with recovery of lower extremities motor functions in patients with subacute stroke.
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- Non-invasive brain stimulation for improving gait, balance, and lower limbs motor function in stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- Homosynaptic Depression of the Soleus Predicts Post-Stroke Gait Speed.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2026Article
- Optimizing Hoffmann Reflex Rate-Dependent Depression: A Feasible Protocol for Assessing Spinal Inhibition in Upper and Lower Limbs.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Soleus H-reflex size versus stimulation rate in the presence of background muscle activity: a methodological study.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
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- High-Definition Trans-Spinal Current Stimulation Improves Balance and Somatosensory Control: A Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Direct Current Stimulation over the Primary Motor Cortex, Cerebellum, and Spinal Cord to Modulate Balance Performance: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Optimizing assessment of low frequency H-reflex depression in persons with spinal cord injury.PloS one · 2024Article
- Retraining Reflexes: Clinical Translation of Spinal Reflex Operant Conditioning.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2018Review
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Abstract
[Purpose] The soleus H-reflex is depressed at stimulation rates greater than 0.1 Hz. This reflex depression is referred to as postactivation depression. Postactivation depression reflects the reduced efficacy of the Ia-motoneurons synapses when they are evaluated after a previous activation. The aim of this study was to determine whether the recovery of motor functions in the lower extremities affects the PAD of the soleus H-reflex in patients with subacute stroke undergoing rehabilitation. [Subjects and Methods] Eight patients with subacute stroke patients were recruited. Postactivation depression, Fugl-Meyer score (lower-limb portion), walking velocity, the Modified Ashworth Scale, and center of pressure sway during standing were measured within three days of admission to rehabilitation and 50 days later. [Results] After rehabilitation, Fugl-Meyer scores, center of pressure path length, and walking velocity were significantly improved, and postactivation depression had significantly increased. There was a significant positive correlation between the rates of change of postactivation depression and center of pressure path length. [Conclusion] The results demonstrated that postactivation depression is partially normalized after rehabilitation in patients with subacute stroke, and suggested that the recovery in lower extremity function after stroke particularly standing stability is affected by spinal synaptic plasticity.
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