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Motor unit properties of biceps brachii in chronic stroke patients assessed with high-density surface EMG.

Muscle & Nerve 2009 Februrary
The aim of this study was to investigate motor unit (MU) characteristics of the biceps brachii in poststroke patients using high-density surface electromyography (sEMG). Eighteen chronic hemiparetic stroke patients took part. The Fugl-Meyer score for the upper extremity was assessed. Subjects performed an isometric step contraction consisting of force levels from 5%-50% maximal voluntary contraction while sEMG of the biceps brachii was recorded with a two-dimensional 16-channel electrode array. This was repeated for both sides. Motor unit action potentials (MUAPs) were extracted from the EMG signals, and their root-mean-square value (RMS(MUAP), reflecting MU size) and mean frequency of the power spectrum (FMEAN(MUAP), reflecting recruitment threshold) were calculated. FMEAN(MUAP) was smaller on the affected than on the unaffected side, indicating an increased contribution of low-threshold MUs, possibly related to degeneration of high-threshold MUs. The ratio of RMS(MUAP) on the affected side divided by that on the unaffected side correlated significantly with the Fugl-Meyer score. This ratio may reflect the extent to which reinnervation has occurred on the affected side.

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