Is the Frequency in Somatosensory Electrical Stimulation the Key Parameter in Modulating the Corticospinal Excitability of Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients with Spasticity?
Somatosensory electrical stimulation (SES) has been proposed as an approach to treat patients with sensory-motor impairment such as spasticity. However, there is still no consensus regarding which would be the adequate SES parameters to treat those deficits. Therefore, the aim of this study was to e...
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| description | Somatosensory electrical stimulation (SES) has been proposed as an approach to treat patients with sensory-motor impairment such as spasticity. However, there is still no consensus regarding which would be the adequate SES parameters to treat those deficits. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of applying SES over the forearm muscles at four different frequencies of stimulation (3, 30, 150, and 300 Hz) and in two intervals of time (5′ and 30′) by means of transcranial magnetic stimulation and Hoffmann’s reflex (H-reflex) in healthy volunteers (Experiments I and II). A group of stroke patients (Experiment III) was also preliminary evaluated to ascertain SES effects at a low frequency (3 Hz) applied for 30′ over the forearm spastic flexors muscles by measuring the wrist joint passive torque. Motor evoked potentials and the H-reflex were collected from different forearm and hand muscles immediately before and after SES and up to 5′ (Experiment I) and 10′ (Experiments I and II) later. None of the investigated frequencies of SES was able to operate as a key in switching modulatory effects in the central nervous system of healthy volunteers and stroke patients with spasticity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1cbefc5370824c7f919f5b1168255a022025-02-03T05:50:07ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432016-01-01201610.1155/2016/30349633034963Is the Frequency in Somatosensory Electrical Stimulation the Key Parameter in Modulating the Corticospinal Excitability of Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients with Spasticity?Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia0João Marcos Yamasaki Catunda1Marcio Nogueira de Souza2Ana Paula Fontana3Sandro Sperandei4Claudia D. Vargas5Laboratório de Instrumentação Biomédica, Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Horácio Macedo 2030, CT, Bloco H, Sala 327, Cidade Universitária, 21941-914 Ilha do Fundão, RJ, BrazilLaboratório de Instrumentação Biomédica, Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Horácio Macedo 2030, CT, Bloco H, Sala 327, Cidade Universitária, 21941-914 Ilha do Fundão, RJ, BrazilLaboratório de Instrumentação Biomédica, Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Horácio Macedo 2030, CT, Bloco H, Sala 327, Cidade Universitária, 21941-914 Ilha do Fundão, RJ, BrazilDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco K, Sala K2-49, Cidade Universitária, 21941-902 Ilha do Fundão, RJ, BrazilInstituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (ICICT), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Avenida Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Manguinhos, RJ, BrazilLaboratório de Neurobiologia II, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco G, Sala G1-019, Cidade Universitária, 21941-902 Ilha do Fundão, RJ, BrazilSomatosensory electrical stimulation (SES) has been proposed as an approach to treat patients with sensory-motor impairment such as spasticity. However, there is still no consensus regarding which would be the adequate SES parameters to treat those deficits. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of applying SES over the forearm muscles at four different frequencies of stimulation (3, 30, 150, and 300 Hz) and in two intervals of time (5′ and 30′) by means of transcranial magnetic stimulation and Hoffmann’s reflex (H-reflex) in healthy volunteers (Experiments I and II). A group of stroke patients (Experiment III) was also preliminary evaluated to ascertain SES effects at a low frequency (3 Hz) applied for 30′ over the forearm spastic flexors muscles by measuring the wrist joint passive torque. Motor evoked potentials and the H-reflex were collected from different forearm and hand muscles immediately before and after SES and up to 5′ (Experiment I) and 10′ (Experiments I and II) later. None of the investigated frequencies of SES was able to operate as a key in switching modulatory effects in the central nervous system of healthy volunteers and stroke patients with spasticity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3034963 |
| spellingShingle | Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia João Marcos Yamasaki Catunda Marcio Nogueira de Souza Ana Paula Fontana Sandro Sperandei Claudia D. Vargas Is the Frequency in Somatosensory Electrical Stimulation the Key Parameter in Modulating the Corticospinal Excitability of Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients with Spasticity? Neural Plasticity |
| title | Is the Frequency in Somatosensory Electrical Stimulation the Key Parameter in Modulating the Corticospinal Excitability of Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients with Spasticity? |
| title_full | Is the Frequency in Somatosensory Electrical Stimulation the Key Parameter in Modulating the Corticospinal Excitability of Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients with Spasticity? |
| title_fullStr | Is the Frequency in Somatosensory Electrical Stimulation the Key Parameter in Modulating the Corticospinal Excitability of Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients with Spasticity? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is the Frequency in Somatosensory Electrical Stimulation the Key Parameter in Modulating the Corticospinal Excitability of Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients with Spasticity? |
| title_short | Is the Frequency in Somatosensory Electrical Stimulation the Key Parameter in Modulating the Corticospinal Excitability of Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients with Spasticity? |
| title_sort | is the frequency in somatosensory electrical stimulation the key parameter in modulating the corticospinal excitability of healthy volunteers and stroke patients with spasticity |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3034963 |
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