Degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function in patients with Hansen's disease with common peroneal nerve damage
INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function (RMS) in individuals with leprosy. METHODS: We assessed 29 individuals with leprosy showing common peroneal nerve damage and grade 1 or 2 disability who were referred for physiot...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a16860509f5f404c9a6a9e5e83ae2c58 2023-05-15T15:10:48+02:00 Degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function in patients with Hansen's disease with common peroneal nerve damage Larissa Sales Téles Véras Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale Danielli Braga de Mello José Adail Fonseca de Castro Vicente Lima Kelson Nonato Gomes da Silva Alexis Trott Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000300018 https://doaj.org/article/a16860509f5f404c9a6a9e5e83ae2c58 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000300018&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/S0037-86822012000300018 https://doaj.org/article/a16860509f5f404c9a6a9e5e83ae2c58 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 45, Iss 3, Pp 375-379 (2012) Grau de incapacidade Eletromiografia Força muscular Dor Nervo fibular Hanseníase Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000300018 2022-12-31T02:58:03Z INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function (RMS) in individuals with leprosy. METHODS: We assessed 29 individuals with leprosy showing common peroneal nerve damage and grade 1 or 2 disability who were referred for physiotherapeutic treatment, as well as a control group of 19 healthy participants without leprosy. All subjects underwent analyses of degree of disability, electromyographic tests, voluntary muscle force, and the Visual Analog Pain Scale. RESULTS: McNemar's test found higher levels of grade 2 of disability (Δ = 75.9%; p = 0.0001) among individuals with leprosy. The Mann-Whitney test showed greater pain levels (Δ = 5.0; p = 0.0001) in patients with leprosy who had less extension strength in the right and left extensor hallucis longus muscles (Δ = 1.28, p = 0.0001; Δ = 1.55, p = 0.0001, respectively) and dorsiflexion of the right and left feet (Δ = 1.24, p = 0.0001; Δ = 1.45, p = 0.0001, respectively) than control subjects. The Kruskal-Wallis test showed that the RMS score for dorsiflexion of the right (Δ = 181.66 m·s-2, p = 0.001) and left (Δ = 102.57m·s-2, p = 0.002) feet was lower in patients with leprosy than in control subjects, but intragroup comparisons showed no difference. CONCLUSIONS: Leprosy had a negative influence on all of the study variables, indicating the need for immediate physiotherapeutic intervention in individuals with leprosy. This investigation opens perspectives for future studies that analyze leprosy treatment with physical therapeutic intervention. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Nervo ENVELOPE(-58.000,-58.000,-83.233,-83.233) Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 45 3 375 379 |
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Grau de incapacidade Eletromiografia Força muscular Dor Nervo fibular Hanseníase Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Larissa Sales Téles Véras Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale Danielli Braga de Mello José Adail Fonseca de Castro Vicente Lima Kelson Nonato Gomes da Silva Alexis Trott Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas Degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function in patients with Hansen's disease with common peroneal nerve damage |
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INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function (RMS) in individuals with leprosy. METHODS: We assessed 29 individuals with leprosy showing common peroneal nerve damage and grade 1 or 2 disability who were referred for physiotherapeutic treatment, as well as a control group of 19 healthy participants without leprosy. All subjects underwent analyses of degree of disability, electromyographic tests, voluntary muscle force, and the Visual Analog Pain Scale. RESULTS: McNemar's test found higher levels of grade 2 of disability (Δ = 75.9%; p = 0.0001) among individuals with leprosy. The Mann-Whitney test showed greater pain levels (Δ = 5.0; p = 0.0001) in patients with leprosy who had less extension strength in the right and left extensor hallucis longus muscles (Δ = 1.28, p = 0.0001; Δ = 1.55, p = 0.0001, respectively) and dorsiflexion of the right and left feet (Δ = 1.24, p = 0.0001; Δ = 1.45, p = 0.0001, respectively) than control subjects. The Kruskal-Wallis test showed that the RMS score for dorsiflexion of the right (Δ = 181.66 m·s-2, p = 0.001) and left (Δ = 102.57m·s-2, p = 0.002) feet was lower in patients with leprosy than in control subjects, but intragroup comparisons showed no difference. CONCLUSIONS: Leprosy had a negative influence on all of the study variables, indicating the need for immediate physiotherapeutic intervention in individuals with leprosy. This investigation opens perspectives for future studies that analyze leprosy treatment with physical therapeutic intervention. |
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Degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function in patients with Hansen's disease with common peroneal nerve damage |
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Degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function in patients with Hansen's disease with common peroneal nerve damage |
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Degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function in patients with Hansen's disease with common peroneal nerve damage |
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