Title
Impaired H-Reflex Adaptations Following Slope Walking in Individuals With Post-stroke Hemiparesis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2019
Publication Title
Frontiers in Physiology
Publisher
Frontiers Media
First page number:
1
Last page number:
9
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Short term adaptations in the Ia afferent-motoneuron pathway, as measured using the H-reflex, in response to altered ground reaction forces (GRFs) applied at the feet during slope walking have been observed in the non-impaired nervous system. The ability of the stroke-impaired nervous system to adapt to altered GRFs have not been examined. The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effects of altered propulsive and braking forces applied at the feet, which naturally occurs when walking on different slopes, on adaptations of the H-reflex pathway in individuals with chronic post-stroke hemiparesis.
Keywords
Locomotor control; H-reflex; Post-stroke hemiparesis; Slope walking; Spinal cord plasticity
Disciplines
Psychology | Rehabilitation and Therapy
File Format
File Size
3.587 KB
Language
English
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Repository Citation
Liang, J.,
Lee, Y.,
Akoopie, E.,
Kleven, B.,
Koch, T.,
Ho, K.
(2019).
Impaired H-Reflex Adaptations Following Slope Walking in Individuals With Post-stroke Hemiparesis.
Frontiers in Physiology
1-9.
Frontiers Media.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01232