title: Anthropometric and quantitative EMG status of femoral quadriceps before and after conventional kinesitherapy with and without magnetotherapy.
abstract: The frequency of femoral quadriceps muscle hypotrophy has become a significant therapeutic problem. Efforts are being made to improve the standard scheme of kinesitherapeutic treatment by using additional more effective therapeutic methods. Beside kinesitherapy, the authors have used magnetotherapy in 30 of the 60 patients. The total of 60 patients, both sexes, similar age groups and intensity of hypotrophy, were included in the study. They were divided into groups A and B, the experimental and the control one (30 patients each). The treatment was scheduled for the usual 5-6 weeks. Electromyographic quantitative analysis was used to check-up the treatment results achieved after 5 and 6 weeks of treatment period. Analysis of results has confirmed the assumption that magnetotherapy may yield better and faster treatment results, disappearance of pain and decreased risk of complications. The same results were obtained in the experimental group, only one week earlier than in the control group. The EMG quantitative analysis has not proved sufficiently reliable and objective method in the assessment of real condition of the muscle and effects of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Holy Spirit General Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Graberski Matasović
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matasović
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Markovac
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology*; D008280:Magnetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*