Intelligent Stretching and Its Application in Spasticity and Contracture of Ankle Joint (review)
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2015.12.011
- VernacularTitle:智能牵伸及其在踝部痉挛和挛缩中的应用
- Author:
Jifang QIU
;
Congqin XU
;
Mengming SHAO
;
Xiaojun WANG
;
Wei XU
;
Shanshan LAI
;
Rongzhi ZHOU
;
Fanghua ZHOU
;
Huafang PAN
;
Qiuhua ZHAO
;
Zhiyong QIAN
;
Xin QI
;
Jin LU
;
Jianfei SONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
spasticity;
contracture;
intelligent stretching;
review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2015;(12):1420-1424
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Contracture and spasticity of ankle joints were major sources of disability in neurological impairment including stroke and cerebral palsy, etc. The manual stretching used in physical therapy might be laborious and time-consuming to the therapists and the outcome was dependent on the experience and the subjectiveend feelingof the therapists. A device was developed that could safely stretch the an-kle joint to its extreme positions with quantitative control of the resistance torque and stretching velocity. Furthermore, it could satisfy a strong need for quantitative and objective measures of the impairment and rehabilitation outcome. This was just the meaning intelligent stretching referred to. This article described the origin of the concept of intelligent stretching and its definition, operational principle, and su-periority and weakness, as well as its application in ankle joint spasticity and contracture in patients with stroke and cerebral palsy.
