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  • Title: Excitability of chronic hemiparetic muscles: determination of chronaxie values and strength-duration curves and its implication in functional electrical stimulation.
    Author: Schuhfried O, Kollmann C, Paternostro-Sluga T.
    Journal: IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng; 2005 Mar; 13(1):105-9. PubMed ID: 15813412.
    Abstract:
    Central nervous system disorders affect the anatomy and physiology of the lower motoneuron. This fact has an impact on the stimulation parameters, especially on the duration of the stimulating impulses, for functional electrical stimulation in chronic hemiparetic patients. The aim of this study was thus to test the excitability and to determine chronaxie values and strength-duration curves of weak wrist and finger extensor muscles and spastic finger and wrist flexor muscles in the hemiparetic arm. Twelve patients with chronic hemiplegia (>6 months after the onset of the cerebral lesion) participated in the study. A constant current stimulator was used. As to chronaxie values no significant differences were found between the extensor muscles (mean+/-SD: 0.44+/-0.16 ms) and flexor muscles (mean+/-SD: 0.36+/-0.22 ms). A moderate variability was seen for both extensor muscles (0.2-0.8 ms) and flexor muscles (0.1-0.9 ms). These values are well within the normal range determined for innervated muscles. All strength-duration curves were completely normal for each muscle. We conclude that in chronic hemiparetic muscles, impulses of the same duration can be used as in muscles of healthy subjects.
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