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Old 15-10-2007, 08:55 AM
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Lightbulb Re: Using Electrical Muscular Stimulation (EMS) for CVA patient

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Originally Posted by ramywhite View Post
Please could you explain that in some details?
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Or perhaps better still use it on the antagonists to muscles with increase tone to inhibit them. Although EMS does have some uses it should first be considered why the patient has increased tone and if this is due to a more proximal instability (and therefore a compensatory strategy that increased the tone) then this should be worked on as a priority. This takes time but gives a much better result.

Look at the works by Bobath (UK PTs) to read more about this.
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