Time-frequency Changes in Electromyographic Signals After Hamstring Lengthening Surgery in Children with Cerebral Palsy.
From: Shriners Hospital for Children, 3551 North Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. rlauer@shrinenet.org
Journal of biomechanics
- Publish Date: 2007
- ISSN: 0021-9290
- Volume: 40
- Issue: 12
- Pages: 2738-43
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Lauer Richard T, Smith Brian T, Shewokis Patricia A, et al. Time-frequency Changes in Electromyographic Signals After Hamstring Lengthening Surgery in Children with Cerebral Palsy.. 2007;40:2738-43
Abstract
Increased knee flexion during stance is a common gait deviation in the child with cerebral palsy (CP), with distal hamstring lengthening surgeries being an accepted course of treatment. Post-operatively, improvements in gait kinematics have been reported, however little change is noted in the patterns of muscle activity as portrayed by onset and offset timing in the surface electromyographic (sEMG) signals. Similar analysis based on the frequency content of the sEMG signals has seldom been applied, yet may provide additional insight into changes in muscle activity in response to surgery. The purpose of this study was to determine if changes in the time-frequency characteristics of the sEMG, extracted using wavelet analysis techniques, corresponded to improved gait kinematics observed post-surgical intervention, and whether there existed a relationship between frequency characteristics of the sEMG signals and the type of surgery required to correct gait kinematics. Data were collected from 16 children with typical development (TD) and 17 children with CP pre- and post-surgery. Muscle activity was recorded from the medial hamstring (MH) and vastus lateralis (VL) muscles, processed using the wavelet transform, and analyzed using functional principal component analyses (PCA). Results indicated that frequency differences were present pre-operatively depending if surgery was to be performed bilaterally or involved bone modification. Post-operatively, frequency characteristics of the VL more closely approximated those observed in children with TD, agreeing with the improved gait kinematics. MH characteristics, however, for the surgical groups demonstrated a deviation away for TD reflecting the altered muscle structure.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adolescent, Biomechanics, Cerebral Palsy, Child, Electromyography, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gait, Humans, Male, Quadriceps Muscle
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