Anti-spastic effects of footbaths in post-stroke patients: A proof-of-principle study

Highlights • Spasticity is found in the majority of post-stroke patients. • We compared the anti-spastic effects of a footbath with those of a resting condition using randomized, controlled methods. • The footbath group showed significant improvements in F -wave parameters and MAS scores after the i...

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Published in:Complementary therapies in medicine 2014-12, Vol.22 (6), p.1001-1009
Main Authors: Matsumoto, Shuji, Shimodozono, Megumi, Etoh, Seiji, Noma, Tomokazu, Uema, Tomohiro, Ikeda, Keiko, Miyara, Kodai, Tanaka, Nobuyuki, Kawahira, Kazumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Baths
Blood pressure
F-wave
Female
Footbath
Humans
Internal Medicine
Leg - physiology
Male
Medical Education
Middle Aged
Muscle Spasticity - physiopathology
Muscle Spasticity - therapy
Muscle, Skeletal - physiology
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Physiology
Rehabilitation
Spasticity
Stroke
Stroke - physiopathology
Stroke Rehabilitation
Studies
Temperature
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Summary:Highlights • Spasticity is found in the majority of post-stroke patients. • We compared the anti-spastic effects of a footbath with those of a resting condition using randomized, controlled methods. • The footbath group showed significant improvements in F -wave parameters and MAS scores after the intervention. • The footbath was more effective than the resting condition in reducing spasticity. • The footbath treatment warrant further research as rehabilitation treatments for post-stroke patients.
ISSN:0965-2299
1873-6963
DOI:10.1016/j.ctim.2014.09.006