Neuromechanical principles underlying movement modularity and their implications for rehabilitation

LH Ting, HJ Chiel, RD Trumbower, JL Allen, JL McKay… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Neuromechanical principles define the properties and problems that shape neural solutions
for movement. Although the theoretical and experimental evidence is debated, we present …

Assessment of upper extremity impairment, function, and activity after stroke: foundations for clinical decision making

CE Lang, MD Bland, RR Bailey, SY Schaefer… - Journal of Hand …, 2013 - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive approach for assessing the upper
extremity (UE) after stroke. First, common UE impairments and how to assess them are …

Muscle synergy patterns as physiological markers of motor cortical damage

VCK Cheung, A Turolla, M Agostini… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The experimental findings herein reported are aimed at gaining a perspective on the
complex neural events that follow lesions of the motor cortical areas. Cortical damage …

[图书][B] Research methods in biomechanics

DGE Robertson, GE Caldwell, J Hamill, G Kamen… - 2013 - books.google.com
Research Methods in Biomechanics, Second Edition, demonstrates the range of available
research techniques and how to best apply this knowledge to ensure valid data collection. In …

A new definition of poststroke spasticity and the interference of spasticity with motor recovery from acute to chronic stages

S Li, GE Francisco, WZ Rymer - … and Neural Repair, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The relationship of poststroke spasticity and motor recovery can be confusing.“True” motor
recovery refers to return of motor behaviors to prestroke state with the same end-effectors …

Rehabilitation robotics: Performance-based progressive robot-assisted therapy

HI Krebs, JJ Palazzolo, L Dipietro, M Ferraro, J Krol… - Autonomous …, 2003 - Springer
In this paper we describe the novel concept of performance-based progressive robot therapy
that uses speed, time, or EMG thresholds to initiate robot assistance. We pioneered the …

Alterations in upper limb muscle synergy structure in chronic stroke survivors

J Roh, WZ Rymer, EJ Perreault… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
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 …

Changes in descending motor pathway connectivity after corticospinal tract lesion in macaque monkey

B Zaaimi, SA Edgley, DS Soteropoulos, SN Baker - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Damage to the corticospinal tract is a leading cause of motor disability, for example in stroke
or spinal cord injury. Some function usually recovers, but whether plasticity of undamaged …

[图书][B] Broken movement: the neurobiology of motor recovery after stroke

JW Krakauer, ST Carmichael - 2022 - books.google.com
An account of the neurobiology of motor recovery in the arm and hand after stroke by two
experts in the field. Stroke is a leading cause of disability in adults and recovery is often …

Pathophysiology of spastic paresis. II: Emergence of muscle overactivity

JM Gracies - Muscle & Nerve: Official Journal of the American …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In the subacute and chronic stages of spastic paresis, stretch‐sensitive (spastic) muscle
overactivity emerges as a third fundamental mechanism of motor impairment, along with …