Abstract: Surface electromyography (sEMG), as an objective and quantitive assessment tool, has been used to evaluate the hand neural- muscle dysfunction after stroke in recent years. This paper reviews related literatures in nearly 10 years, which mainly introduced the common parameters of sEMG for the hand neural-muscle function, focused on the application of sEMG to estimate hand neural-muscle dysfunction after stroke.

Key words: surface electromyography, stroke, hand, neural-muscle, assessment, review