Background and Purpose—Reach training in concert with environmental enrichment
provides functional benefits after experimental stroke in rats. The present study extended …

Rehabilitation therapy is known to drive motor improvement in stroke patients. However, the
interplay of functional recovery and compensation in postischemic motor behavior is poorly …

While the stroke survivor with a motor deficit strives for recovery of all aspects of daily life
movements, neurorehabilitation training is often task specific and does not generalize to …

Background. For most stroke survivors, rehabilitation therapy is the only treatment option
available. The beneficial effects of early rehabilitation on neuroplasticity and functional …

Background. Enriched rehabilitation (ER; environmental enrichment plus skilled reaching)
improves recovery after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) in rats. Fundamental …

Chronic impairment of forelimb and digit movement is a common problem after stroke that is
resistant to therapy. Previous studies have demonstrated that enrichment improves …

To maximize the effectiveness of rehabilitative therapies after stroke, it is critical to determine
when the brain is most responsive (ie, plastic) to sensorimotor experience after injury and to …

Objective. An enriched environment (EE) refers to conditions that facilitate or enhance
sensory, cognitive, motor, and social stimulation relative to standard (laboratory) conditions …

In both animal and clinical studies, training or rehabilitation increases cortical representation
with subsequent functional recovery, whereas a lack of rehabilitation or training decreases …

Background. The proportional recovery rule suggests that current rehabilitation practices
may have limited ability to influence stroke recovery. However, the appropriate intensity of …