《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2004, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (02): 94-95.

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Effect of muscle stimulating instrument on patients with spasticity of lower limbs after surgical treatment

ZHANG Li, YU Yan-bing,WANG Wei   

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital,100029 Beijing, China
  • Received:2003-12-17 Published:2004-02-25 Online:2004-02-25

Abstract: ObjectiveTo observe the effect of muscle stimulating instrument on patients with spasticity of lower limbs after surgical treatment.Methods49 adults with spasticity of lower limbs after surgical treatment were divided into the treatment group (21 cases) and the control group (28 cases). Patients of two groups were treated with routien rehabilitation training, but muscle stimulating instruments treatment was added to patients of the treatment group. The muscle strength and motor ability of patients of two groups were followed up and compared.ResultsThe muscle strength and motor ability of the treatment group were better than that of the control group during follow-up period (P<0.05,P<0.01).ConclusionMuscle stimulating instrument can accelerate the recovery of muscle strength and motor ability in adults with spasticity of lower limbs after surgical treatment.

Key words: cerebral palsy, craniocerebral injury, rehabilitation, spasticity, selective posterior rhizotomy, microsurgical neurotomy, muscle stimulating instrument