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Zampieri S, Bersch I, Smeriglio P, Barbieri E, Boncompagni S, Maccarone MC, Carraro U. Program with last minute abstracts of the Padua Days on Muscle and Mobility Medicine, 27 February - 2 March, 2024 (2024Pdm3). Eur J Transl Myol 2024; 34:12346. [PMID: 38305708 PMCID: PMC11017178 DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2024.12346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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During the 2023 Padua Days on Muscle and Mobility Medicine the 2024 meeting was scheduled from 28 February to 2 March 2024 (2024Pdm3). During autumn 2023 the program was expanded with Scientific Sessions which will take place over five days (in 2024 this includes February 29), starting from the afternoon of 27 February 2024 in the Conference Rooms of the Hotel Petrarca, Thermae of Euganean Hills (Padua), Italy. As per consolidated tradition, the second day will take place in Padua, for the occasion in the Sala San Luca of the Monastery of Santa Giustina in Prato della Valle, Padua, Italy. Confirming the attractiveness of the Padua Days on Muscle and Mobility Medicine, over 100 titles were accepted until 15 December 2023 (many more than expected), forcing the organization of parallel sessions on both 1 and 2 March 2024. The five days will include lectures and oral presentations of scientists and clinicians from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, UK and USA. Only Australia, China, India and Japan are missing from this edition. But we are confident that authors from those countries who publish articles in the PAGEpress: European Journal of Translational Myology (EJTM: 2022 ESCI Clarivate's Impact Factor: 2.2; SCOPUS Cite Score: 3.2) will decide to join us in the coming years. Together with the program established by 31 January 2024, the abstracts will circulate during the meeting only in the electronic version of the EJTM Issue 34 (1) 2024. See you soon in person at the Hotel Petrarca in Montegrotto Terme, Padua, for the inauguration scheduled the afternoon of 27 February 2024 or on-line for free via Zoom. Send us your email address if you are not traditional participants listed in Pdm3 and EJTM address books.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sandra Zampieri
- Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy; Interdepartmental Research Centre of Myology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy; Armando Carraro & Carmela Mioni-Carraro Foundation for Translational Myology, Padua.
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- Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil, Nottwil, Switzerland; International FES Centre®, Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil, Nottwil.
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino (PU).
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy; Interdepartmental Research Centre of Myology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy; Armando Carraro & Carmela Mioni-Carraro Foundation for Translational Myology, Padua.
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Lauer J. Video-driven simulation of lower limb mechanical loading during aquatic exercises. J Biomech 2023; 152:111576. [PMID: 37043928 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Understanding the mechanical demands of an exercise on the musculoskeletal system is crucial to prescribe effective training or therapeutic interventions. Yet, that knowledge is currently limited in water, mostly because of the difficulty in evaluating external resistance. Here I reconcile recent advances in 3D markerless pose and mesh estimation, biomechanical simulations, and hydrodynamic modeling, to predict lower limb mechanical loading during aquatic exercises. Simulations are driven exclusively from a single video. Fluid forces were estimated within 12.5±4.1% of the peak forces determined through computational fluid dynamics analyses, at a speed three orders of magnitude greater. In silico hip and knee resultant joint forces agreed reasonably well with in vivo instrumented implant recordings (R2=0.74) downloaded from the OrthoLoad database, both in magnitude (RMSE =251±125 N) and direction (cosine similarity = 0.92±0.09). Hip flexors, glutes, adductors, and hamstrings were the main contributors to hip joint compressive forces (40.4±12.7%, 25.6±9.7%, 14.2±4.8%, 13.0±8.2%, respectively), while knee compressive forces were mostly produced by the gastrocnemius (39.1±15.9%) and vasti (29.4±13.7%). Unlike dry-land locomotion, non-hip- and non-knee-spanning muscles provided little to no offloading effect via dynamic coupling. This noninvasive method has the potential to standardize the reporting of exercise intensity, inform the design of rehabilitation protocols and improve their reproducibility.
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- Jessy Lauer
- Neuro-X Institute and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Monoli C, Tuhtan JA, Piccinini L, Galli M. Wearable technologies for monitoring aquatic exercises: A systematic review. Clin Rehabil 2022; 37:791-807. [PMID: 36437591 PMCID: PMC10126456 DOI: 10.1177/02692155221141039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Objective To review methods for aquatic exercise monitoring using wearables. Data sources Database search of PubMed, IEEEXplore, Scopus and Web of Science based on keywords, considering articles from the year 2000. The last search was performed on 26 October 2022. Review methods Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol, eligible articles on water exercises were selected and summarized. Further screening process concentrated on studies exploiting wearable devices, organized according to demographics, purpose, protocols, outcomes and methods. A custom critical appraisal questionnaire was applied. Results Out of the 1062 articles identified, 572 were considered eligible and subjected to preliminary synthesis. The final review focused on 27 articles featuring wearable devices applied to aquatic exercises. Four studies were disregarded as they applied wearable devices to determine daily physical activity or for sleep monitoring after training. Summary tables of 23 studies exploiting wearable devices for underwater motion analysis are provided, specifying the investigated parameters, major outcomes and study quality. This review identified four research gaps: (a) the absence of clinical protocols for underwater motion studies, (b) a deficit of whole-body studies, (c) the lack of longitudinal studies monitored via wearable devices and (d) the reliance of underwater studies on measurement and assessment methods developed for land-based investigations. Conclusions This review emphasizes the need for both technological and methodological improvements for underwater motion analysis studies using wearables. We advocate for longitudinal clinical investigations with wearables to substantiate water exercise as an addition or replacement for land-based physical activity.
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- Cecilia Monoli
- Department of Computer System, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Computer System, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Scientific Institute “E. Medea” Ass. La Nostra Famiglia, Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Evans JD, Panebianco GP, Psycharakis S. Effect of water depth on muscle activity and stride duration when walking in the water at different speeds. J Sports Sci 2021; 39:1944-1951. [DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1909810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- James David Evans
- Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Electromyographic changes in masseter and sternocleidomastoid muscles can be applied to diagnose of temporomandibular disorders: An observational study. Integr Med Res 2021; 10:100732. [PMID: 34141576 PMCID: PMC8185238 DOI: 10.1016/j.imr.2021.100732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background The diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is an important part of the functional cerebrospinal technique (FCST). In addition, surface electromyography (sEMG) is an important candidate for diagnosing TMD. In FCST, despite the importance of the cranio-cervical-mandibular system, few sEMG parameters consider TMDs. Thus, this study evaluated the possibility of TMD diagnosis by sEMG. Methods The study was conducted as an assessor-blinded cross-sectional study. Each of 35 participants were recruited for patient group and normal group separately based on the Diagnostic Criteria for TMD Symptoms Questionnaire (DC/TMD SQ). The sEMG was measured by attaching electrodes to sternocleidomastoid muscles (SCMM) and masseter muscles (MM) before and after wearing the temporomandibular joint balance appliance (TBA). Results The percentage overlapping coefficient (POC) value of the healthy control group was increased compared with the TMD group. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed that the area under the curve (AUC) value of the SCMM was greater than that of the MM. POC values before and after the SCMM also revealed significant changes compared to the MM. Conclusion This study showed that the sEMG measurement of the SCMM is useful for TMD diagnosis in traditional Korean medicine.
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Cuesta-Vargas Á, Martín-Martín J, Pérez-Cruzado D, Cano-Herrera CL, Güeita Rodríguez J, Merchán-Baeza JA, González-Sánchez M. Muscle Activation and Distribution during Four Test/Functional Tasks: A Comparison between Dry-Land and Aquatic Environments for Healthy Older and Young Adults. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17134696. [PMID: 32629839 PMCID: PMC7370020 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17134696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The use of rehabilitation protocols carried out in water has been progressively increasing due to the favorable physical properties of the water. Electromyography allows one to register muscle activity even under water. AIM To compare muscle activity between two groups (healthy young adults (HYA) and healthy older adults (HOA)) in two different environments (dry land and aquatic) using surface electromyography during the execution of four different test/functional movements. METHODS Analytical cross-sectional study. HYA and HOA carried out four functional tasks (Step Up and Down, Sit To Stand test, Gait Initiation and Turns During Gait) in two different environments (dry land and aquatic). Absolute and relative muscle activation was compared between each group and between each environment. In addition, the stability of the measured was calculated through a test-retest (ICC 2:1). RESULTS Within the same environment there were significant differences between young and older adults in three of the four functional tasks. In contrast, in the gait initiation, hardly any significant differences were found between the two groups analysed, except for the soleus and the anterior tibial. Measurement stability ranged from good to excellent. CONCLUSIONS Level of the musculature involvement presents an entirely different distribution when the test/functional task is performed on dry land or in water. There are differences both in the relative activation of the musculature and in the distribution of the partition of the muscles comparing older and young adults within the same environment.
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- Ántonio Cuesta-Vargas
- Department of Physiotherapy, Biomedical Reseach Institute of Málaga, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain; (C.L.C.-H.); (M.G.-S.)
- School of Clinical Sciences of the Faculty of Health, The Queensland University of Technology, 4000 Brisbane, Australia
- Correspondence: (Á.C.-V.); (J.A.M.-B.)
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- Legal Medicine Area, Department of Human Anatomy, Legal Medicine and History of Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain;
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- Departmen of Occupational Therapy, Catholic University of Murcia, D 30109 Murcia, Spain;
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Biomedical Reseach Institute of Málaga, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain; (C.L.C.-H.); (M.G.-S.)
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain;
- Research Group of Humanities and Qualitative Research in Health Science, Rey Juan Carlos University (Hum&QRinHS), 28922 Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Research group on Methodology, Methods, Models and Outcomes of Health and Social Sciences (M3O), Faculty of Health Science and Welfare, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVIC-UCC), 08500 Vic, Spain
- Correspondence: (Á.C.-V.); (J.A.M.-B.)
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Biomedical Reseach Institute of Málaga, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain; (C.L.C.-H.); (M.G.-S.)
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An efficient approach for physical actions classification using surface EMG signals. Health Inf Sci Syst 2020; 8:3. [PMID: 31915522 DOI: 10.1007/s13755-019-0092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Physical actions classification of surface electromyography (sEMG) signal is required in applications like prosthesis, and robotic control etc. In this paper, tunable-Q factor wavelet transform (TQWT) based algorithm is proposed for the classification of physical actions such as clapping, hugging, bowing, handshaking, standing, running, jumping, waving, seating, and walking. sEMG signal is decomposed into sub-bands by TQWT. Various features are extracted from each different band and statistical analysis is performed. These features are fed into multi-class least squares support vector machine classifier using two non-linear kernel functions, morlet wavelet function, and radial basis function. The proposed method is an attempt for classifying physical actions using TQWT and its performance and results are promising and have high classification accuracy of 97.74% for sub-band eight with morlet kernel function.
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Investigation the EMG Activities of Lower Limb Muscles When Doing Squatting Exercise in Water and on Land. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16224562. [PMID: 31752177 PMCID: PMC6887785 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16224562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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(1) Background: Squatting is one of the common closed-kinetic chain (CKC) exercises for knee rehabilitation. Some patients cannot perform squatting exercises on land occasionally due to knee pain. Several studies had suggested that lower limb muscle activities are lower in water than on land while performing CKC exercises. The purpose of this study is to investigate the surface electromyography (sEMG) activities of Rectus femoris (RF) and Biceps femoris (BF) muscles when doing a squatting exercise in water and on land. (2) Methods: This was a cross-sectional experimental study. A total of 20 healthy participants (10 males, 10 females) were recruited by convenience sampling. The sEMG of RF and BF muscles in water and on land were collected and the knee motions were videotaped. Participants were instructed to perform closed kinetic-chain back squatting exercises at a specific speed (30 beats per minute) in water and on land at angular speed of 45°/s. Eight repetitions of the squatting exercise (0–90° knee flexion) were performed. The mean percentage maximal voluntary contraction (%MVC) between two muscles was compared in two conditions. The %MVC of RF and BF muscles at different specific knee flexion angles (30°, 60° and 90° knee flexion) was also identified. (3) Result: Muscle activities of RF (p = 0.01) and BF (p < 0.01) muscles were significantly lower in water than on land. The %MVC of RF and BF muscles was found to be 15.01% and 10.68% lower in water than on land respectively. For different knee angle phases, the differences in %MVC between land and water had significant difference for both RF muscles and BF muscles. (4) Conclusion: This study found a difference of mean percentage MVC of RF and BF muscles between land and water in different phases of squatting. The water medium reduced the two muscles’ activities to a similar extent. The result showed that the aquatic environment allows an individual to perform squatting with less muscle activation which may serve as an alternative knee exercise option for patients who encounter difficulty in land squatting due to lower limb muscle weakness or a high level of knee pain.
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Chien KY, Chang WG, Sanders ME, Chen CH, Wu WC, Chen WC. Effects of land vs water jump exercise: Implications for exercise design targeting bone health. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2019; 29:826-834. [PMID: 30779462 DOI: 10.1111/sms.13410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To quantify ground reaction force (GRF), osteogenic index (OI), muscle activity, and blood lactate levels during continuous jumping performed in water and on land. METHODS Thirteen post-menopausal women (59.5 ± 6.8 years) performed two bouts of jumping, on land (LND) and in water at a depth of 1 m (WEX). Each 10-minute, 40-second bout consisted of 2 consecutive sets of squat, lunge, jumping jax, countermovement, and single legged jumps as intervals: 10 seconds maximal effort and 60 seconds recovery at 50% of heart rate reserve (HRR). Pre- and post-exercise lower extremity rate of perceived exertion (RPE) was recorded, and 10-µL earlobe blood samples were collected to assess lactate concentration. During exercise, data were collected for electromyography, GRF, and heart rate. Total GRF (TGRF) and total muscular activity (TMA) during each 10 seconds of jumping were measured. OI for one bout of continued jumps was determined by averaging GRF·ln (number of jumps + 1). RESULTS There were no differences between WEX and LND for percent HRR and RPE. TGRF, OI, TMA, and lactate concentration on LND jumps were significantly higher than WEX. CONCLUSION At similar cardiorespiratory and RPE levels, the lower impact loading of 10 minutes 40 seconds of interval continuous jumping exercise in 1-m depth was less osteogenic than on land. However, one daily bout of water jumping, 5 days per week resulted in a similar OI as 3 days of jumping on land. WEX might substitute or provide an adjunct to LND exercise to promote bone health.
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- Kuei-Yu Chien
- Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Athletic Training and Health, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine & Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
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- Department of Athletic Training and Health, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Sports Equipment Technology, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
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Aquatic Therapy Improves Outcomes for Subacute Stroke Patients by Enhancing Muscular Strength of Paretic Lower Limbs Without Increasing Spasticity. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2016; 95:840-849. [DOI: 10.1097/phm.0000000000000512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Spatiotemporal, kinematic, force and muscle activation outcomes during gait and functional exercise in water compared to on land: A systematic review. Gait Posture 2016; 48:120-130. [PMID: 27236637 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exercises replicating functional activities are commonly used in aquatic rehabilitation although it is not clear how the movement characteristics differ between the two environments. A systematic review was completed in order to compare the biomechanics of gait, closed kinetic chain and plyometric exercise when performed in water and on land. METHODS Databases including MEDLINE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, Embase and the Cochrane library were searched. Studies were included where a functional lower limb activity was performed in water and on land with the same instructions. Standardized mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated for spatiotemporal, kinematic, force and muscle activation outcomes. FINDINGS 28 studies included walking or running (19 studies), stationary running (three), closed kinetic chain exercise (two), plyometric exercise (three) and timed-up and go (one). Very large effect sizes showed self-selected speed of walking (SMD >4.66) and vertical ground reaction forces (VGRF) (SMD >1.91) in water were less than on land, however, lower limb range of movement and muscle activity were similar. VGRF in plyometric exercise was lower in water when landing but more similar between the two environments in propulsion. Maximal speed of movement for walking and stationary running was lower in water compared to on land (SMD>3.05), however was similar in propulsion in plyometric exercise. INTERPRETATION Drag forces may contribute to lower self-selected speed of walking. Monitoring speed of movement in water assists in determining the potential advantages or limitations of aquatic exercise and the task specificity to land-based function.
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