Hand orthotic device influence on fine neuromuscular control.
With the aid of electromyography, voluntary control of fine neuromuscular activity of deltoid and extensor digitorum communis muscles was studied in patients with motor dysfunction of the upper limb. A sequential training procedure was carried out both while the patient was wearing and not wearing a hand orthosis, during a static posture and dynamic hand movements. There was no difference between the levels of neuromuscular control achieved while wearing and not wearing the orthotic device, but the quality of the neuromuscular control was superior in the proximal limb muscle to that in the more distal muscle.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D010243:Paralysis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation