Knee control was evaluated by measuring the knee angles during standing and walking, and response time. All subjects received training 3 times a week for a total of ten times. ESd includes 3 sets of 5- minute training followed by 5-minute. ESm included 5 sets of 5-minute training with 1-minute rest. The ES training was then applied for 30 minutes by stimulating the hamstring muscle to help patients elicit the knee bending. Both ES groups received the same 30-minute standard rehabilitation as the control group.
The control group received standard manual facilitation rehabilitation for 60 minutes. Twenty-four stroke subjects with comparable conditions were assigned randomly to one of the three groups.
ABSTRACT This study compared the effectiveness of three rehabilitation training programs on motor recovery for stroke patients in knee hyperextension model including 1) manual facilitation, ) electrical stimulation with massed practice (ESm), and 3) electrical stimulation with distributed practice (ESd). (Biomedical Engineering) VIMONWAN HIENGKAEW, Ph.D. (BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING) THESIS ADVISORS: ZENG LERTMANORAT, Ph.D. Thesis / iv MOTOR LEARNING FOR STROKE PATIENTS AFTER THE FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION IN KNEE HYPEREXTENSION MODEL WINAI CHATTHONG EGBE/M M.Eng. The usefulness of this thesis, I dedicate to my mother, my father and all the teachers who have taught me since my childhood. Finally, I would like to express my infinite gratitude to my parents for their love, unending care, understanding, warmest encouragement, assistance as well as financial support.
I would like to give thankfulness to all my subjects for their good participation. I would like to thank greatly with gratefulness to Miss Kanitta Jittree and Physical therapists at the clinic of the Faculty of Physical Therapy and Applied Movement Science for their assistance and permission to recruit subjects for the study with warmest support and helpfulness. Additionally, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Dr.Supalak Khemthong, for his invaluable advice and excellent constructive comments in this research. The equally grateful and deepest appreciation also goes to Assistant Professor Vimonwan Hiengkaew, my co-advisor for her great wisdom, thoughtful guidance, useful knowledge of statistics, proof reading of this manuscript and all problem solving in this study. 1 MOTOR LEARNING FOR STROKE PATIENTS AFTER THE FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION IN KNEE HYPEREXTENSION MODEL WINAI CHATTHONG A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING (BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING) FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY 008 COPYRIGHT OF MAHIDOL UNIVERSITYĤ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude and deepest appreciation to Dr.Zeng Lertmanorat, my principal advisor who always supervises me with excellent knowledge, valuable advice, constant encouragement and support, proof reading of this manuscript, and all problems solving throughout the study including financial support.