IT based EMG biofeedback training on the effects of upper extremity function in chronic stroke patients

Abstract

The subjects of this study were 30 hemiplegia patients whose disease duration was over 6 months, and they were divided at random into a control group (n=15) receiving traditional rehabilitation therapy and an experimental group (n=15) receiving both traditional rehabilitation therapy and training using IT based EMG biofeedback. The program was applied for a total of 4 weeks. In order to examine the subjects' functional recovery, we measured their upper limb function using FMA and MFT, and activities of daily living using FIM before and after the training. Comparison between experimental groups in the study of upper extremity function improved after training in all tests was higher compared to the control group significantly (p <.05), but activities of daily living were not significantly different in. The results of this study were as follows. we concluded that stroke patients receving intensive IT based EMG biofeedback showed upper extremity functional recovery.