MECHANIC STIMULATION OF THE FOOT SUPPORT ZONES AS A WAY TO MAINTAIN ACTIVITY OF THE TONIC MUSCULAR SYSTEM DURING FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT DEPRIVATION

摘要

Purpose of this work was to study the effect of the mechanical stimulation of foot support zones on the tonic muscular system at the patients with ischemic stroke. In this study transverse stiffness of the m. soleus (Sol.) and m. tibialis anterior (TA) have been measured at the patients with ischemic stroke during a recovery phase in the resting state and in the course of the mechanical stimulation of foot support zones. Resting patients with ischemic stroke were found to have distinct asymmetric shifts in muscle tone with a prevalence of transverse flexor stiffness over extensor. Foot stimulation on the pattern of natural locomotion cancelled out the muscle tone asymmetry totally.