Why đột quỵ bệnh nhân Find It Hard to Move? It’s Related to tình trạng cứng cơ. - đột quỵ Center

As the đột quỵ bệnh nhân phục hồi, the tình trạng cứng cơ will increase and bệnh nhân will feel resistance when move. So, what is tình trạng cứng cơ? It is an increase in cơ tone that is the amount of tension(or resistance to chuyển động) in các cơ. đột quỵ may cause an abnormal increase in cơ tone, leading to tình trạng cứng cơ.

Is increased cơ tone a good thing or bad thing?

In fact, we all have a certain amount of cơ tone. Normal cơ tone helps us hold our bodies upright when we are sitting and standing, ensure body chuyển động kiểm soát. Increased chi dưới cơ tone is beneficial to help bệnh nhân stand and walk, and giảm the incidence of deep vein thrombosis. However, excessive cơ tone will affect the stability of the bệnh nhân’s standing balance, the bệnh nhân’s walking gait and make the bệnh nhân move more slowly, even resulting in đau.

How to measure cơ tone clinically?

To check the bệnh nhân’s cơ tone, the nhà trị liệu touches the cơ stiffness while passively flexing and stretching the bệnh nhân’s limb, feeling the resistance during thụ động chuyển động. If the cơ becomes stiff when touched and resistance increases during thụ động chuyển động, it is an increase in cơ tone. Clinically, there are professional scales for the assessment of cơ tone, and the most commonly used is the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS).

What are the manifestations of cơ tone increase in đột quỵ bệnh nhân?

Take the chi trên of the affected side of đột quỵ bệnh nhân as an example, there will be the following typical manifestations:

How to giảm cơ tone?

1. Use the an toàn and thoải mái positioning when sitting and sleeping after đột quỵ

2. Moving as much as possible is important to ease cơ tightening and ngăn ngừa cơ shortening.

3. Avoid cold stimulation to the body. Hot compress limbs with warm towels.

4. Regular stretching is helpful. The direction of the stretching should be opposite to the direction of the cơ tension and held at the end for at least 30 seconds.

To help đột quỵ bệnh nhân giảm cơ tone in the process of phục hồi, Syrebo has launched a new generation Soft Robotic găng tay phục hồi chức năng bàn tay HRC12（click to learn more)  for home phục hồi chức năng. HRC12 has unique extend mode that can static stretch bệnh nhân’s bàn tay to decrease cơ tone and increase phạm vi chuyển động. Combined with soft robotic exoskeleton công nghệ and neuroscience, newly-upgraded HRC12 has stronger power to drive bệnh nhân’ affected bàn tay to execute flexion and extension. It also has fine vận động training that driving each ngón tay to perform the flexion and extension. When C12 was released, it hit a lot of markets and loved by many bệnh nhân with its practicality, easy-to-use and flexibility. Its unique extend mode can effectively help bệnh nhân giảm cơ tone and relieve spasms, accelerating the process of bàn tay function phục hồi chức năng.

Tips: When it comes to hypertonia, you should first seek guidance from therapists and doctors