ArticleFrontiers in neurology2020
Effects of Changes in Ankle Joint Angle on the Relation Between Plantarflexion Torque and EMG Magnitude in Major Plantar Flexors of Male Chronic Stroke Survivors.
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- The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation During Extended Reality Exercises for Cortical, Neuromuscular, and Clinical Recovery of Stroke Survivors.Neural plasticity · 2025Article
- A Real-Time Control Method for Upper Limb Exoskeleton Based on Active Torque Prediction Model.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Strain and Strain Rate Tensor Mapping of Medial Gastrocnemius at Submaximal Isometric Contraction and Three Ankle Angles.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2023Article
- Longer electromechanical delay in paretic triceps surae muscles during voluntary isometric plantarflexion torque generation in chronic hemispheric stroke survivors.Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology · 2021Article
- Isolating the energetic and mechanical consequences of imposed reductions in ankle and knee flexion during gait.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
The slope of the EMG-torque relation is potentially useful as a parameter related to muscular contraction efficiency, as a greater EMG-torque slope has often been reported in stroke-impaired muscles, compared to intact muscles. One major barrier limiting the use of this parameter on a routine basis is that we do not know how the EMG-torque slope is affected by changing joint angles. Thus, the primary purpose of this study is to characterize the EMG-torque relations of triceps surae muscles at different ankle joint angles in both paretic and non-paretic limbs of chronic hemispheric stroke survivors. Nine male chronic stroke survivors were asked to perform isometric plantarflexion contractions at different contraction intensities and at five different ankle joint angles, ranging from maximum plantarflexion to maximum dorsiflexion. Our results showed that the greater slope of the EMG-torque relations was found on the paretic side compared to the non-paretic side at comparable ankle joint angles. The EMG-torque slope increased as the ankle became plantarflexed on both sides, but an increment of the EMG-torque slope (i.e., the coefficient
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