Skeletal muscle changes following stroke: a systematic review and comparison to healthy individuals

JL Hunnicutt, CM Gregory - Topics in stroke rehabilitation, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Citation 58 The hope is that these survivors will live long and functionally independent lives.
In summary, this systematic review reveals that both limbs exhibit deficits in muscle size and …

Loss of skeletal muscle mass after stroke: a systematic review

C English, H McLennan, K Thoirs… - … Journal of Stroke, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
… Furthermore, loss of muscle in the nonparetic limb is also likely over time as stroke
survivors are known to have a sedentary lifestyle (37). Thus, high-quality longitudinal studies …

Alterations in upper limb muscle synergy structure in chronic stroke survivors

J Roh, WZ Rymer, EJ Perreault… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
… effect of stroke on the structure and recruitment of muscle synergies … muscle activation in
chronic stroke survivors with severe impairment would be associated with alterations in muscle

Short-term recovery of limb muscle strength after acute stroke

AW Andrews, RW Bohannon - Archives of physical medicine and …, 2003 - Elsevier
… Many comorbid diseases occur more frequently among stroke survivors than among
matched controls.Researchers have addressed the relation of comorbidities with functional …

Investigation of hand muscle atrophy in stroke survivors

KM Triandafilou, DG Kamper - Clinical Biomechanics, 2012 - Elsevier
Muscle size on the paretic limb of stroke survivors was smaller for all 7 hand muscles
investigated. An … In summary, although muscle atrophy was detected in the paretic limb following …

Muscle strengthening and physical conditioning to reduce impairment and disability in chronic stroke survivors

LF Teixeira-Salmela, SJ Olney, S Nadeau… - Archives of physical …, 1999 - Elsevier
… Main Outcome Measures: Peak isokinetic torque of the major muscle groups of the affected
lower limb, quadriceps and ankle plantarflexor spasticity, gait speed, rate of stair climbing, …

Strength of the respiratory and lower limb muscles and functional capacity in chronic stroke survivors with different physical activity levels

JC Polese, MB Pinheiro, CDCM Faria… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
BACKGROUND: The assessment of strength and its relationships with functional capacity
could contribute to more specific and effective disability management of stroke survivors. …

[PDF][PDF] Muscle thickness and echo intensity of the abdominal and lower extremity muscles in stroke survivors

H Monjo, Y Fukumoto, T Asai… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - synapse.koreamed.org
limb than the nonparetic limb in stroke survivorslimbs than nonparetic limbs in stroke
survivors. However, while qualitative changes in the upper and lower extremities in stroke survivors

Alterations of muscle activation pattern in stroke survivors during obstacle crossing

C Ma, N Chen, Y Mao, D Huang, R Song, L Li - Frontiers in neurology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
… In this study, we recorded the EMG signals of the four main lower limb muscles of stroke
survivors and healthy controls during obstacle crossing. Our study demonstrated the activation …

Muscle architecture and torque production in stroke survivors: an observational study

CP Dias, B Freire, NBA Goulart, ES Onzi… - Topics in stroke …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Our hypothesis was that the affected limb of stroke survivors should have shorter muscle
fascicle length, reduced fascicle excursion, and lower plantar flexor torque production than the …