The Effects of Electromyographic Biofeedback Combined with Comprehensive Rehabilitation Therapy on Lower Extremity Motion Function of Patients after Stroke

Objective To observe the effects of electromyographic biofeedback combined with comprehensive rehabilitation therapy on lower extremity motion function of patients after stroke.Methods Fourty patients with stroke receiving treatment in rehabilitation medicine department were randomly divided into treatment group and control group with 20 patients in each group.Patients in both groups received routine neural medical treatment and comprehensive rehabilitation therapies,while patients in treatment group received additional lower extremity electromyographic biofeedback therapy with nerve functional reconstruction instrument AM-800.All treatments lasted for 4 weeks.Neurological deficit scale,Fugl-Meyer assessment(FMA) and functional independence measure(FIM) were adopted to evaluate relative functions of patients before and after treatment.Results The scores of neurological deficit scale decreased in both groups after treatment,while scores of FMA and FIM increased in both groups after treatments(P 0.05).Comparing with those in control group,scores of neurological deficit scale decreased more significantly,and scores of FIM and lower extremity score of FMA increased more significantly in treatment group(P 0.05).Conclusions Electromyographic biofeedback combined with comprehensive rehabilitation therapy can effectively improve lower extremity motion function of patients with stroke,improve the functional independence,and reduce neurological deficit level of patients.