In recent years it has become evident that, in a number of functional movements,
synergistically acting limbs become task-specifically linked by a soft-wired 'neural …

Objective. Stroke affects the expression of muscle synergies underlying motor control, most
notably in patients with poorer motor function. The majority of studies on muscle synergies …

Long-term disability caused by stroke is largely due to an impairment of motor function. The
functional consequences after stroke are caused by central nervous system adaptations and …

Previous studies in neurologically intact subjects have shown that motor coordination can be
described by task-dependent combinations of a few muscle synergies, defined here as a …

Background After a stroke, patients show significant modifications of neural control of
movement, such as abnormal muscle co-activation, and reduced selectivity and modulation …

The patterns of interlimb coupling were examined in 10 stroke survivors with chronic hand
impairment. In particular, the potential roles of postural state and motor tasks in promoting …

Stroke often leads to impairment of hand function. Over the following months a variable
amount of recovery can be seen. The evidence from animal and human studies suggests …

Strokes cause lesions that damage brain tissue, disrupt normal brain activity patterns and
can lead to impairments in motor function. Although modulation of cortical activity is central …

Patterns of stereotyped muscle coactivation, clinically referred to as synergies, emerge
following stroke and impair arm function. Although researchers have focused on cortical …

A coordinated pattern of multi-muscle activation is essential to produce efficient reaching
trajectories. Disruption of these coordinated activation patterns, termed synergies, is evident …