ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Muscle Activity and Co-Activation of Gait Cycle during Walking in Water and on Land in People with Spastic Cerebral Palsy.
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- Deduction of Back Pain Patients Using EMG Technology and Inertial Sensors During Functional Tests.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Differences in lower limb co-contraction calculations vary clinical interpretation of aquatic treadmill walking in typically developing and children with cerebral palsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Ankle muscle strength and activation are associated with walking patterns in preschool and school-age children.PloS one · 2025Article
- Aquatic therapy for spastic cerebral palsy: a scoping review.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the muscle activity and co-activation index (CoA) of the rectus femoris (RF), biceps femoris (BF), gastrocnemius medialis (GM,) and tibialis anterior (TA) during walking on land and in water in healthy adolescents compared with those with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (CP) adolescents.
methodsFour healthy individuals (median; age: 14 years, height: 1.57 cm, BMI: 16.58 kg/m
resultsA significant decrease in the muscle activity of all muscles and CoA of RF/BF muscles, but an increase in TA/GM was observed within the CP group while walking in water during the stance phase. Between groups, there was a lower CoA of RF/BF and a greater CoA of TA/GM during the stance phase while walking in water and on land in the CP group. A non-significant difference was observed within the healthy group.
conclusionWalking in water can decrease muscle activity in lower limbs and co-activation of thigh muscles in people with spastic CP, whereas CoA muscles around ankle joints increased to stabilize foot weight acceptance.
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