Rehabilitation robots for the treatment of sensorimotor deficits: a neurophysiological perspective

R Gassert, V Dietz - Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2018 - Springer
The past decades have seen rapid and vast developments of robots for the rehabilitation of
sensorimotor deficits after damage to the central nervous system (CNS). Many of these …

Gait post-stroke: Pathophysiology and rehabilitation strategies

C Beyaert, R Vasa, GE Frykberg - Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
We reviewed neural control and biomechanical description of gait in both non-disabled and
post-stroke subjects. In addition, we reviewed most of the gait rehabilitation strategies …

Predictions not commands: active inference in the motor system

RA Adams, S Shipp, KJ Friston - Brain Structure and Function, 2013 - Springer
The descending projections from motor cortex share many features with top-down or
backward connections in visual cortex; for example, corticospinal projections originate in …

Spasticity after stroke: physiology, assessment and treatment

A Thibaut, C Chatelle, E Ziegler, MA Bruno… - Brain injury, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Spasticity following a stroke occurs in about 30% of patients. The mechanisms
underlying this disorder, however, are not well understood. Method: This review aims to …

Post stroke pain: identification, assessment, and therapy

RA Harrison, TS Field - Cerebrovascular diseases, 2015 - karger.com
Background: Pain is a common complication after stroke and is associated with the
presence of depression, cognitive dysfunction, and impaired quality of life. It remains …

Muscle tone physiology and abnormalities

J Ganguly, D Kulshreshtha, M Almotiri, M Jog - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
The simple definition of tone as the resistance to passive stretch is physiologically a complex
interlaced network encompassing neural circuits in the brain, spinal cord, and muscle …

Restoration of sensorimotor functions after spinal cord injury

V Dietz, K Fouad - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this review is to discuss the achievements and perspectives regarding
rehabilitation of sensorimotor functions after spinal cord injury. In the first part we discuss …

Stop using the Ashworth Scale for the assessment of spasticity

JFM Fleuren, GE Voerman… - Journal of Neurology …, 2010 - jnnp.bmj.com
Aim: Many studies have been performed on the methodological qualities of the (modified)
Ashworth Scale but overall these studies seem inconclusive. The aim of this study was to …

Recovery of motoneuron and locomotor function after spinal cord injury depends on constitutive activity in 5-HT2C receptors

KC Murray, A Nakae, MJ Stephens, M Rank… - Nature medicine, 2010 - nature.com
Muscle paralysis after spinal cord injury is partly caused by a loss of brainstem-derived
serotonin (5-HT), which normally maintains motoneuron excitability by regulating crucial …

Early development of spasticity following stroke: a prospective, observational trial

J Wissel, LD Schelosky, J Scott, W Christe, JH Faiss… - Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
This study followed a cohort of 103 patients at median 6 days, 6 and 16 weeks after stroke
and recorded muscle tone, pain, paresis, Barthel Index and quality of life score (EQ-5D) to …