Electromyographic analysis of rectus femoris activity during seated to standing position and walking in water and on dry land in healthy children and children with cerebral palsy

Oliveira, Laís Cardoso; Trocoli, Tathiana O.; Kanashiro, Mirna Sayuri; Braga, Daniela Paes de Almeida Ferreira; Cyrillo, Fabio Navarro

doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.08.008

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“…This may include advances in biotechnology to unveil new information about the impaired locomotor output or infant general movements for the early diagnosis of CP (Zhu et al, 2015;Redd et al, 2019;Airaksinen et al, 2020;Sylos-Labini et al, 2020), to develop central pattern generatormodulating therapies (Solopova et al, 2017) and to enhance walking. For example, initially shown to be effective for mammalian gait retraining (e.g., Barbeau and Rossignol, 1987;van den Brand et al, 2015;von Zitzewitz et al, 2016), a therapeutic intervention for gait retraining with partial body weight support using a harness system (McNevin et al, 2000) or water immersion (Oliveira et al, 2014) may improve walking capacity in children with CP (Day et al, 2004;Azizi et al, 2017). Given a positive effect of repetitive locomotor exercise on gait characteristics in CP (Smania et al, 2011;Willerslev-Olsen et al, 2015), also with the use of wearable exoskeleton (Lerner et al, 2017), the rehabilitative protocol may further focus on improving the locomotor output, e.g., by providing a feedback on specific features of the spinal locomotor output (Figures 3, 4) or implementing gait training program with realtime feedback of the body's center-of-mass vertical displacement to restore the pendulum mechanism and decrease the walking energy cost (Massaad et al, 2010).…”

Section: Early Interventions To Promote the Locomotor Function In Infmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maturation of the Locomotor Circuitry in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Cappellini

Sylos-Labini

Dewolf

et al. 2020

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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The first years of life represent an important phase of maturation of the central nervous system, processing of sensory information, posture control and acquisition of the locomotor function. Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common group of motor disorders in childhood attributed to disturbances in the fetal or infant brain, frequently resulting in impaired gait. Here we will consider various findings about functional maturation of the locomotor output in early infancy, and how much the dysfunction of gait in children with CP can be related to spinal neuronal networks vs. supraspinal dysfunction. A better knowledge about pattern generation circuitries in infancy may improve our understanding of developmental motor disorders, highlighting the necessity for regulating the functional properties of abnormally developed neuronal locomotor networks as a target for early sensorimotor rehabilitation. Various clinical approaches and advances in biotechnology are also considered that might promote acquisition of the locomotor function in infants at risk for locomotor delays.

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Section: Early Interventions To Promote the Locomotor Function In Infmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maturation of the Locomotor Circuitry in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Cappellini

Sylos-Labini

Dewolf

et al. 2020

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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“…The first, showed significant differences in MA of both leg and trunk muscles analyzed (VM, RF, BF, TA, GM, SO, RA and ES) between both environments in healthy participants (Cuesta-Vargas et al, 2013). On the other hand, the second study showed differences in MA of RF during the same task between environments in healthy children, but not in children with cerebral palsy (Oliveira et al, 2014). These results could be explained by buoyancy underwater, which reduces the body weight, facilitates movements, and requires fewer demands of the musculature (Oliveira, Trócoli, Kanashiro, Braga, & Cyrillo, 2014).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…On the other hand, the second study showed differences in MA of RF during the same task between environments in healthy children, but not in children with cerebral palsy (Oliveira et al, 2014). These results could be explained by buoyancy underwater, which reduces the body weight, facilitates movements, and requires fewer demands of the musculature (Oliveira, Trócoli, Kanashiro, Braga, & Cyrillo, 2014).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Changes in MA in an aquatic setting around the lower limb and trunk have been studied in walking (Barela & Duarte, 2008) (Oliveira, Trócoli, Kanashiro, Braga, & Cyrillo, 2014), trunk exercises (Bressel, Dolny, & Gibbons, 2011), running (Haupenthal, Ruschel, Hubert, de Brito Fontana, & Roesler 2010), hopping (Triplett, Colado, Benavent, Alakhdar, Madera, Gonzalez, & Tella, 2009), and lately during the performance of a STS task (Cuesta-Vargas, Cano-Herrera, & Heywood, 2013). But to the authors' knowledge, the neuromuscular characteristics of the STS movement at different chair heights in water have not previously been described.…”

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confidence: 99%

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EMG Analysis of the Neuromuscular Activity during Sit-to-Stand from Different Height Chairs in Water

Cuesta‐Vargas¹,

Cano-Herrera²

2019

IJARE

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The purpose of this study was to use surface electromyography to measure the muscular activity during the sit-to-stand task in water and compare it at three different chair heights. Ten healthy young adults [5 males and 5 females (mean ± SD): age, 22.0 ± 3.1 yr; height, 172.8 ± 9.0 cm; body mass, 63.9 ± 17.2 kg] were recruited for study. We used a telemetry EMG system on the following muscles on the right side of the body: quadriceps (vastus medialis and rectus femoris), long head of the biceps femoris, tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius medialis, soleus, rectus abdominis, and erector spinae). Each participant performed the sit-to-stand test five times at each of three different chair heights underwater. No significant differences in muscular activity of all muscles measured during the performance of the sit-to-stand exercise in water were found for any of the chair heights. This study for the first time described the neuromuscular responses in healthy subjects during the performance of the sitto-stand task in water at different chair heights. The muscular activity of lower limb and trunk should be considered when using the sit-to-stand movement in aquatic rehabilitation.

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“…Muscle activity during a gait cycle has been reported in a few previous studies for people with spastic CP, but almost all those were interested in studying walking on land [2][3][4][5]. A previous study investigated muscle activity during walking in water and dry land in healthy children and children with CP, and they were suggested to have a better understanding of the extent of muscular activation [6]. Muscle co-activation between agonist and antagonist muscles is concurrently activated excessively during locomotion and is commonly a characteristic of people with spastic CP; notably, overaction in flexion of knees 2 of 17 in the CP, which may have been brought about by co-contraction of the hamstrings and rectus femoris [5,7].…”

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confidence: 99%

Muscle Activity and Co-Activation of Gait Cycle during Walking in Water and on Land in People with Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Phothirook

Amatachaya

Peungsuwan

2023

IJERPH

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Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the muscle ac-tivity and co-activation index (CoA) of the rectus femoris (RF), biceps femoris (BF), gastrocnemius medialis (GM,) and tibialis anterior (TA) during walking on land and in water in healthy adolescents compared with those with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (CP) adolescents. Methods: Four healthy individuals (median; age: 14 years, height: 1.57 cm, BMI: 16.58 kg/m2) and nine CP individuals (median; age: 15 years, height: 1.42 cm, BMI: 17.82 kg/m2) participated in this study and performed three walking trials under both conditions. An electromyography (EMG) collection was recorded with a wireless system Cometa miniwave infinity waterproof device, and the signals were collected using customized software named EMG and Motion Tools, Inc. software version 7 (Cometa slr, Milan, Italy) and was synchronized with an underwater VDO camera. Results: A significant decrease in the muscle activity of all muscles and CoA of RF/BF muscles, but an increase in TA/GM was observed within the CP group while walking in water during the stance phase. Between groups, there was a lower CoA of RF/BF and a greater CoA of TA/GM during the stance phase while walking in water and on land in the CP group. A non-significant difference was observed within the healthy group. Conclusion: Walking in water can decrease muscle activity in lower limbs and co-activation of thigh muscles in people with spastic CP, whereas CoA muscles around ankle joints increased to stabilize foot weight acceptance.

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Electromyographic analysis of rectus femoris activity during seated to standing position and walking in water and on dry land in healthy children and children with cerebral palsy

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References 12 publications

Maturation of the Locomotor Circuitry in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Maturation of the Locomotor Circuitry in Children With Cerebral Palsy

EMG Analysis of the Neuromuscular Activity during Sit-to-Stand from Different Height Chairs in Water

Muscle Activity and Co-Activation of Gait Cycle during Walking in Water and on Land in People with Spastic Cerebral Palsy

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