Stroke remains a leading cause of adult disability, and the recovery of motor function after
stroke is crucial for the patient to regain independence. However, making accurate …

Approximately one-third of patients with stroke exhibit persistent disability after the initial
cerebrovascular episode, with motor impairments accounting for most poststroke disability …

Objective For most patients, resolution of upper limb impairment during the first 6 months
poststroke is 70% of the maximum possible. We sought to identify candidate mechanisms of …

Objective Spontaneous recovery is an important determinant of upper extremity recovery
after stroke and has been described by the 70% proportional recovery rule for the Fugl …

Objective The aim of this work was to investigate whether an imaging measure of
corticospinal tract (CST) injury in the acute phase can predict motor outcome at 3 months in …

Motor recovery after stroke is related to neural plasticity, which involves developing new
neuronal interconnections, acquiring new functions, and compensating for impairment …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of disability. The ability to live independently after
stroke depends largely on the reduction of motor impairment and the recovery of motor …

Over the past two decades, several functional neuroimaging experiments demonstrated
changes in neural activity in stroke patients with motor deficits. Conclusions from single …

Current understanding of the mechanisms underlying neural plasticity changes after stroke
stems from experimental models as well as clinical studies and provides the foundation for …

Background and Purpose—Most improvement from poststroke aphasia occurs within the first
3 months, but there remains unexplained variability in recovery. Recently, we reported a …