Spasticity and weakness (spastic paresis) are the primary motor impairments after stroke
and impose significant challenges for treatment and patient care. Spasticity emerges and …

Background. Mirror visual feedback (MVF), a phenomenon where movement of one limb is
perceived as movement of the other limb, has the capacity to alleviate phantom limb pain or …

Background and Purpose—There are few effective therapies to achieve functional recovery
from motor-related disabilities affecting the upper limb after stroke. This feasibility study …

Background Unilateral cerebral palsy (CP) is a condition that affects muscle control and
function on one side of the body. Children with unilateral CP experience difficulties using …

Background In people who have had a stroke, upper limb paresis affects many activities of
daily life. Reducing disability is therefore a major aim of rehabilitative interventions. Despite …

Longitudinal studies show that almost all stroke patients experience at least some
predictable degree of functional recovery in the first six months post stroke. However, the …

This review intends to begin to build a bridge between our understanding of the effect of
motor rehabilitation and brain plasticity on recovery after hemiparetic stroke. It discusses the …

ContextReorganization in central motor networks occurs during early recovery from
hemiparetic stroke. In chronic stroke survivors, specific rehabilitation therapy can improve …

Hand movement recovery and cortical reorganization were studied in 10 subjects with
chronic stroke using functional MRI (fMRI) before and after training with an intensive finger …

Recovery of function after a stroke is attributable to several factors, including events in the
first few days (eg, reabsorption of perilesional oedema, tissue reperfusion). However …