What is it about?
Sit to stand is a very important movement for independent living. Difficulty with this movement is associated with falls and dependency. The sensory and motor impairments resulting from stroke can affect an individuals ability to perform this movement independently. It is therefore a priority for rehabilitation during the early post stroke period. By collecting movement and muscle activity data before, immediately after and then 3 months after rehab in 92 stroke patients we have been able to identify the important features which were forward movement of the trunk (20cm or 30 degrees) timed to peak with bilateral activation of the knee extensors and hamstrings.
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Why is it important?
This large observational study tracking recovery (or not) of the sit to stand movement early after stroke provides targets for therapy which could enhance rehabilitation outcomes.
Perspectives
My hope is that the findings from this paper will filter down to working physical therapists and have an impact on practice. I also hope it can inform the development of rehabilitation technologies.
Andrew Kerr
University of Strathclyde
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This page is a summary of: Neuromechanical Differences Between Successful and Failed Sit-to-Stand Movements and Response to Rehabilitation Early After Stroke, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, May 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1545968319846119.
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