HEAD POSITION EFFECT ON THE HOFFMANN REFLEX OF HEMIPLEGIC SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSIED ADULTS escrito por CANABAL-TORRES, MARIA YOLANDA, Ph.D., Texas Woman's University, 1987, 122 páginas; AAT 8715020
Resumen
The influence of head position was examined in 8 spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsied males between 16 and 30 years of age. Subjects were participants in educational and/or sports programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston metroplex who had been diagnosed with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy from birth. Data were collected and recorded at Texas Woman's University using an electromyograph with a nerve stimulator and interfaced with an Apple IIe microcomputer. Peak to peak Hoffmann (H) reflex amplitudes from the involved and noninvolved legs were elicited via electrical stimulation and collected during ipsilateral, neutral, and contralateral head positions. Mean H percentages (ratio between ipsilateral or contralateral H and mean neutral H amplitudes) within subjects across head positions were ranked for statistical analyses. Results of a Friedman analysis of variance for ranks indicated a significant difference on the total rank sum of H percentages in the involved and noninvolved limbs at the contralateral and ipsilateral head positions. Results of a Friedman post hoc test revealed that there were no significant rank sum differences in the H percentages between ipsilateral and contralateral head positions for either the involved or noninvolved limb. A significant rank sum difference in H percentage was revealed between the involved and noninvolved limb at the contralateral head position.
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Universidad: Texas Woman's University
Lugar de universidad: United States -- Texas
Fuente: DAI-A 48/04, p. 867, Oct 1987
Tipo de fuente: Dissertation
Materias: Physical education
Número de la publicación: AAT 8715020
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