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Standing Neurophysiological Assessment of Lower Extremity Muscles Post-Stroke

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a common tool used to measure the behavior of motor circuits in healthy and neurologically impaired ...

Medical University of South Carolina

To test the feasibility of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the Upper Extremity "keyform," derived from Rasch analysis, as a method for systematically planning and progressing rehabilitation.

Matching Task Difficulty to Patient Ability During Task Practice Improves Upper Extremity Motor Skill After Stroke: A Proof-of-Concept Study.

Robotic neurorehabilitation aims at promoting the recovery of lost function after neurological injury by leveraging strategies of motor learning. One important aspect of the rehabilitation process is the improvement of muscle coordination patterns, which can be drastically altered after stroke. However, it is not fully understood if and how robotic therapy can address these deficits. The aim of our study was to find how muscle coordination, analyzed from the perspective of motor modules, could change during motor adaptation to a dynamic environment generated by a haptic interface.

Changes in muscle coordination patterns induced by exposure to a viscous force field.

Presenting ERIK, the TMS phantom: A novel device for training and testing operators.

Individuals post-stroke have an increased risk of falling, which can lead to injuries and reduced quality of life. This increased fall risk can be partially attributed to poorer balance control, which has been linked to altered post-stroke gait kinematics (e.g. an increased step width). The application of lateral stabilization to the pelvis reduces step width among neurologically-intact young and older adults, suggesting that lateral stabilization reduces the need for active frontal plane balance control. This study sought to determine if lateral stabilization is effective at improving common measures of gait performance and dynamic balance in neurologically-intact and post-stoke individuals who responded to the stabilization by reducing their step width.

Article	Year
Matching Task Difficulty to Patient Ability During Task Practice Improves Upper Extremity Motor Skill After Stroke: A Proof-of-Concept Study. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation\| PubMed ID: 27117385	2016
Changes in muscle coordination patterns induced by exposure to a viscous force field. Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation\| PubMed ID: 27305944	2016
Presenting ERIK, the TMS phantom: A novel device for training and testing operators. Brain stimulation\| PubMed ID: 31103454	2019
The influence of lateral stabilization on walking performance and balance control in neurologically-intact and post-stroke individuals. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)\| PubMed ID: 32004909	2020

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