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Characteristics of lateral electrical surface stimulation (LESS) and its effect on the degree of spinal deformity in idiopathic scoliosis

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Kowalski I., Palko T., Pasniczek R., Szarek J.

Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering

2009

vol. 15

issue 2

55-64

Clinical studies were carried out in the period of 2003-2006 at the Provincial Children's Rehabilitation Hospital in Ameryka near Olsztyn (Poland). The study involved a group of children and youth exhibiting spinal deformity progression in idiopathic scoliosis (IS) of more than 5° per year according to the Cobb scale. Four hundred and fifty patients between 4 and 15 years of age were divided into three groups (n = 150). Group I and group II received 2-hour and 9-hour lateral electrical surface stimulation (LESS), respectively, whereas group III (control) was treated only with corrective exercises for 30 minutes twice a day. LESS was performed with the use of a battery-operated SCOL-2 stimulator manufactured by Elmech, Warsaw, Poland.The effectiveness of this method was confirmed in the treatment of spinal IS in children and youth, especially when the initial spinal deformity did not exceed 20° according to the Cobb scale. A short-duration electrostimulation (2 hours daily) was found to produce results similar to those obtained after overnight (9 h) electrostimulation. Moreover, the analysis of the Harrington prognostic index F confirms the positive effect of LESS in both groups of patients (2 h and 9 h of LESS).

Muscle contraction of the pelvic floor and quality of life of women with stress urinary incontinence who underwent kinesitherapy

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Beuttenmüller L., Cader S., Macena R., Araujo N., Nunes É., Dantas E.

2010

vol. 18

issue 1

35-41

Introduction: the World Health Organization recommends physical therapy in patients with mild to moderate Urinary Incontinence (UI) as the first line of treatment. Aim: Evaluate the effect of electrical stimulation on muscle contraction of the pelvic floor and quality of life of women with stress UI (SUI). Methods: experimental study with 75 female patients randomly divided into: G1: electrical stimulation therapy with kinesitherapy; G2: kinesitherapy; G3: control group. Parameters evaluated: anthropometric measurements, physical examination of the pelvic floor (AP), pelvic floor muscles (AFA) and the degree of contraction of the AP (CAP) by the activity of the muscles [Type I (TI) and Type II (TII)] and Quality of life (QOL). Intervention consisted of 12 sessions, two sessions per week for six weeks. Descriptive statistics were used and the Student's t test or Wilcoxon paired test for the intra-group analysis. For the inter-group analyses, we used the Kruskal Wallis followed by the Mann-Whitney (AFA and QOL) and two-way ANOVA followed by Scheffe post hoc test (CAP). The p< 0.05 was adopted for statistical significance. Results: there was a significant difference in: AFA TI and AFA TII (G1 x G3 and G2 x G3); CAP TI (G2 x G3). There was a significant reduction in all domains of QOL in G1 and G2 except for DOM 6 in G2. The G3 group did not display any significant results. Conclusions: both physical therapy treatments (G1 and G2) were effective in the improvement in pelvic floor muscular functioning and in quality of life.

The efficacy of electrotherapeutic procedures in cases of nerve conduction abnormalities demonstrated in motor fibres of the facial nerve by neurophysiological studies

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Zagłoba A., Huber J., Witkowska A., Lisiński P., Warzecha D.

Medical Rehabilitation

2008

vol. 12(4)

10-22

Wstęp: Celem pracy jest przedstawienie wyników kompleksowych badan z zakresu elektromiografii globalnej (EMG) oraz elektroneurografii (ENG, badanie fali M) włókien ruchowych nerwu twarzowego u 25 chorych z objawami obwodowego pora8enia nerwu twarzowego oraz algorytmu usprawniania tych chorych za pomocą zabiegów fizykoterapeutycznych (elektroterapia włókien ruchopalwych nerwu twarzowego) wspomaganych równie8 ukierunkowana kinezyterapia. W tych przypadkach wczesna i obiektywna diagnostyka, jak i natychmiastowe wdrożenie leczenia, pozwalają na uzyskanie szybszej poprawy funkcji ruchowej mięśni twarzy. Metoda: Testy diagnostyki neurofizjologicznej objęły obustronne badania elektromiografii globalnej wybranych mięśni twarzy (EMG; m. czołowy, m. dźwigacz skrzydła nosa, m. okre8ny ust) oraz badania elektroneurograficzne przewodnictwa eferentnego nerwu twarzowego (ENG, fala M). Na podstawie diagnozy lekarza prowadzącego, badanych chorych (n=25) podzielono ze względu na przyczynę porażenia: stan zapalny (n=8), rekonstrukcja chirurgiczna (n=7), idiopatyczne pora8enie typu Bella (n=10). Analogicznymi badaniami objęto grupę 25 zdrowych ochotników. Na ich podstawie stworzono wzorzec prawidłowych parametrów badan EMG i ENG nerwu twarzowego dla osób, u których nie stwierdza się żadnych zaburzeń ze strony układów nerwowego i mięśniowego. W wyniku prowadzonych powtarzalnych testów neurofizjologii klinicznej, ustalone zostały odpowiednie, indywidualne dla ka8dego chorego parametry elektrostymulacji, monitorowane po 10 i po 20 zabiegach fizjoterapeutycznych. Wyniki i wnioski: Badania neurofizjologiczne po dwóch etapach leczenia wykazały poprawę sprawności jednostek ruchowych badanych mięśni twarzy oraz przewodnictwa włókien ruchowych nerwu twarzowego. Otrzymane porównawczo wyniki badan EMG i ENG poprzez analizę parametrów częstotliwości rekrutacji jednostek ruchowych oraz nate8enia prądu stosowanego do wywołania fali M pozwoliły na określenie optymalnych parametrów elektrostymulacyjnych nerwu twarzowego. Kompleksowe badania neurofizjologiczne pozwalają na oszacowanie postępów leczenia zachowawczego oraz ukierunkowanie zabiegów fizykoterapii prowadzącej do wyraźnej poprawy czynności rehabilitowanych mięśni twarzy.

Aim: The aim of the study was to show the results of complex electromyography (global EMG) and electroneurographic (ENG, M wave) studies of motor fibres of the facial nerves in 25 patients with symptoms of peripheral facial nerve palsy as well as to evaluate a therapeutic algorithm involving therapy with physical agents (electrotherapy of motor fibres in the facial nerve) supplemented with focused kinesitherapy. In such cases, early and objective diagnosis and immediate introduction of treatment allow one to obtain better results in the motor function of the face muscles.Method: Neurophysiological tests included bilateral recordings of global electromyography from selected facial muscles (EMG; the frontal muscle, the levator alae nasi muscle, the orbicularis oris muscle) and electroneurographic motor conduction studies (ENG, M wave). Based on the diagnosis established in the treated patients (n=25) by the attending physician, the patients were divided into three groups, depending on the cause of palsy: inflammation (n=8), surgical reconstruction (n=7), idiopathic Bell’s palsy (n=10). Twenty-five healthy volunteers were studied using similar methods for comparison. Results from these studies in persons without any disturbances of the muscle-skeletal system served as a pattern of normal parameters in EMG and ENG studies. Repeated clinical neurophysiologic tests were fundamental for ascertaining the parameters of electrostimulation patterns determined individually for each patient and they were monitored after 10 and 20 physiotherapeutic procedures.Results and conclusions: Neurophysiological examinations following two phases of treatment showed an improvement in the motor units activity of the facial muscles and in motor nerve transmission. The obtained results from EMG and ENG examinations, in particular the analysis of frequency parameters in recruitment of the muscle motor units and applied current intensity to evoke the M wave allowed us to determine optimal parameters for facial nerve stimulation. Complex neurophysiological studies enable an estimation of the progress of conservative treatment and allow one to direct therapy with physical agents towards better improvement in the activity o rehabilitated facial muscles.

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Characteristics of lateral electrical surface stimulation (LESS) and its effect on the degree of spinal deformity in idiopathic scoliosis

Muscle contraction of the pelvic floor and quality of life of women with stress urinary incontinence who underwent kinesitherapy

The efficacy of electrotherapeutic procedures in cases of nerve conduction abnormalities demonstrated in motor fibres of the facial nerve by neurophysiological studies