Stroke-related motor outcome measures: do they quantify the neurophysiological aspects of upper extremity recovery?

S Pandian, KN Arya - Journal of bodywork and movement therapies, 2014 - Elsevier
Various stroke rehabilitation outcome measures are used in clinical and research practice.
Severe upper extremity paresis serves as a challenge for the selection of an appropriate …

Repetitive facilitative exercise under continuous electrical stimulation for severe arm impairment after sub-acute stroke: a randomized controlled pilot study

M Shimodozono, T Noma, S Matsumoto, R Miyata… - Brain injury, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE) under
surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia …

Automated Fugl-Meyer assessment using SVR model

J Wang, L Yu, J Wang, L Guo, X Gu… - 2014 IEEE International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A simple, objective and quantitative unsupervised outcome measure is considered vital in
the home-based rehabilitation for stroke patients. The Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) scale …

Functional electrical stimulation early after stroke improves lower limb motor function and ability in activities of daily living

G You, H Liang, T Yan - NeuroRehabilitation, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Background: Functional electrical stimulation (FES) to patients early after stroke has been
proved to improve walking ability. The effects on abilities in activities of daily living (ADL) are …

Psychometric properties of the lower extremity subscale of the Fugl-Myer assessment for community-dwelling hemiplegic stroke patients

EY Park, Y Im Choi - Journal of physical therapy science, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the
lower extremity subscale of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment lower extremity (FMA-LE) for …

Applying Tai Chi as a rehabilitation program for stroke patients in the recovery phase: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Y Zhang, H Liu, L Zhou, K Chen, H Jin, Y Zou, Z Li - Trials, 2014 - Springer
Background As the second commonest cause of death and a major cause of disability
worldwide, stroke has greatly influenced patients' quality of life and created a huge public …

The prevalence and magnitude of impaired cutaneous sensation across the hand in the chronic period post-stroke

JL Bowden, GG Lin, PA McNulty - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Sensation is commonly impaired immediately post-stroke but little is known about the long-
term changes in cutaneous sensation that have the capacity to adversely impact …

脑卒中急性期规范化康复方案对患者认知功能和运动功能的影响

张颖冬, 李雪萍, 林强, 程凯, 陈安亮 - 中国康复医学杂志, 2014 - cqvip.com
目的: 探讨脑卒中急性期规范化康复方案对患者认知功能, 运动功能的影响. 方法: 52
例脑卒中患者, 随机分为规范康复组与对照组. 规范康复组严格按照脑卒中急性期规范化康复 …

[HTML][HTML] Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to improve motor function and grip force of upper limbs of patients with hemiplegia

PM Vaziri, F Bahrpeyma, M Firoozabadi… - Iranian Red Crescent …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Stroke is the most common and debilitating neurological disorder among
adults, and is a sudden onset of neurological signs caused by brain blood vessels …

Functional brain correlates of upper limb spasticity and its mitigation following rehabilitation in chronic stroke survivors

S Pundik, AD Falchook, J McCabe… - Stroke research and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Arm spasticity is a challenge in the care of chronic stroke survivors with motor
deficits. In order to advance spasticity treatments, a better understanding of the mechanism …