Upper limb motor impairment after stroke

P Raghavan - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, 2015 - pmr.theclinics.com
According to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
model, 1 impairments may be described as (1) impairments of body function such as a …

Neural reorganization underlies improvement in stroke‐induced motor dysfunction by music‐supported therapy

E Altenmüller, J Marco‐Pallares… - Annals of the New …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Motor impairments are common after stroke, but efficacious therapies for these dysfunctions
are scarce. By extending an earlier study on the effects of music‐supported therapy …

Using musical instruments to improve motor skill recovery following a stroke

S Schneider, PW Schönle, E Altenmüller, TF Münte - Journal of neurology, 2007 - Springer
In previous studies, it was shown that there is a need for efficient motor rehabilitation
approaches. For this purpose, we evaluated a music-supported training program designed …

Effect of trunk-restraint training on function and compensatory trunk, shoulder and elbow patterns during post-stroke reach: a systematic review

LM Pain, R Baker, D Richardson… - Disability and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the effect of trunk restraint
(TR) training on post-stroke compensatory trunk movements during functional reach, and to …

Shoulder abduction-induced reductions in reaching work area following hemiparetic stroke: neuroscientific implications

TM Sukal, MD Ellis, JPA Dewald - Experimental brain research, 2007 - Springer
A stroke-related loss of corticospinal and corticobulbar pathways is postulated to result in an
increased use of remaining neural substrates such as bulbospinal pathways as individuals …

Saturated muscle activation contributes to compensatory reaching strategies after stroke

PH McCrea, JJ Eng… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
The control and execution of movement could potentially be altered by the presence of
stroke-induced weakness if muscles are incapable of generating sufficient power. The …

Reach adaptation and final position control amid environmental uncertainty after stroke

RA Scheidt, T Stoeckmann - Journal of neurophysiology, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
We characterized how hemiparetic stroke survivors and neurologically intact individuals
adapt reaching movements to compensate for unpredictable environmental perturbations …

Music-supported therapy (MST) in improving post-stroke patients' upper-limb motor function: a randomised controlled pilot study

Y Tong, B Forreider, X Sun, X Geng, W Zhang… - Neurological …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Music-supported therapy (MST) is a new approach for motor rehabilitation of
stroke patients. Recently, many studies have demonstrated that MST improved the motor …

Alterations in motor modules and their contribution to limitations in force control in the upper extremity after stroke

G Seo, SW Lee, RF Beer, A Alamri, YN Wu… - Frontiers in Human …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The generation of isometric force at the hand can be mediated by activating a few motor
modules. Stroke induces alterations in motor modules underlying steady-state isometric …

Bimanual isometric force control: asymmetry and coordination evidence post stroke

N Lodha, SA Coombes, JH Cauraugh - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study determined the nature of bimanual deficits during visually-guided
isometric force production in chronic stroke. METHODS: Stroke survivors and age-matched …