Measurement of Proprioception of the Knee in Hemiplegic Patients Using an Isokinetic Dynamometer
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 27-33, 2010.
Artículo
en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-723097
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To measure knee joint proprioception quantitatively in hemiplegic patients after brain injury using an isokinetic dynamometer.METHOD:
Thirty healthy subjects and 24 hemiplegic patients participated in this study. Joint position sense was evaluated with passive angle reproduction of 30degrees and 60degrees of knee flexion and kinesthesia was evaluated with the threshold for detection of passive movementfrom 45degrees of knee flexion. We used toe-"up or down"-test for conventional clinical method.RESULTS:
Significant proprioceptive deficit was observed not only in paretic knees of both right and left hemiplegic patients (p0.05).CONCLUSION:
The quantitative test using an isokinetic dynamometer is a reliable method to measure knee proprioception, and it is possible to detect proprioceptive deficit in hemiplegic patients. Conventional clinical assessments are poor for predicting the results of the quantitative measure in the nonparetic knee. This quantitative method may be useful in diagnosis and follow-up of knee proprioception of hemiplegic patients after brain injury.
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Asunto principal:
Propiocepción
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Reproducción
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Lesiones Encefálicas
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Hemiplejía
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Articulaciones
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Cinestesia
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Rodilla
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Articulación de la Rodilla
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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