Rehabilitation of Motor Function after Stroke

Combining soft robotics and telerehabilitation for improving motor ...

Telerehabilitation and robotics, either traditional rigid or soft, have been extensively studied and used to improve hand functionality after a stroke.

8: Mechanisms of Functional Recovery after Stroke - Karger Publishers

Well-known recovery mechanisms from stroke deficits are improvement from diaschisis, or functional reorganization of the ipsilesional or contralesional cortex.

Surgical procedure may help restore hand and arm function after ...

... Traditionally, stroke patients try to regain motor function through physical rehabilitation, where patients re-learn pre-stroke s...

Critical Period After Stroke Study (CPASS): A phase II clinical trial ...

We urge the provision of more intensive motor rehabilitation within 60 to 90 d after stroke onset. Abstract. Restoration of human brain function ...

Virtual Reality Reflection Therapy Improves Motor Recovery and ...

[Results] The experimental group and the control group effectively increased their upper-extremity motor recovery and motor function. Upper-extremity motor ...

Background Concepts in Stroke Rehabilitation - EBRSR

The return of motor power is not synonymous with recovery of function; function may be hampered by ataxia, apraxia, sensory deficits, communication disorders, ...

Stroke rehabilitation: recent advances and future therapies | QJM

The most significant predictors of upper limb (UL) recovery have been reported as initial measures of UL impairment (less impairment is associated with better ...

Robotic assisted rehabilitation therapy for enhancing gait and motor ...

[25] investigated the effect of robot-assisted therapy on gait function in patients with subacute stroke, and concluded that conventional gait ...

Interventions for improving upper limb function after stroke - Pollock, A

Improving arm function is a core element of rehabilitation. Many possible interventions have been developed; these may involve different ...

Treatments to Promote Neural Repair after Stroke - :: Journal of Stroke

A number of intensive activity-based therapy regimens have been studied, targeting motor deficits, aphasia, and other forms of impairment after ...

Surgical procedure may help restore hand and arm function after ...

... motor function through physical rehabilitation, where patients re-learn pre-stroke skills, such as eating motions and grasping. However,

Stroke study reveals optimal timing and intensity for arm and hand ...

The participants were randomly assigned to receive 20 extra hours of activity-focused motor skills therapy, starting at different times after ...

Recovery and Rehabilitation | Northwestern Medicine

Stroke rehabilitation is important to help you regain as much function and quality of life after a stroke as possible.

Novel Rehabilitation Device Improves Motor Skills After Stroke

Using a novel stroke rehabilitation device that converts an individual's thoughts to electrical impulses to move upper extremities, stroke patients reported ...

Stroke recovery - Wikipedia

Contents · 2.1 Motor re-learning. 2.1.1 Constraint-induced movement therapy; 2.1.2 Mental practice/mental imagery · 2.2 Brain repair. 2.2.1 Electrical stimulation ...

The addition of mirror therapy improved upper limb motor recovery ...

In stroke survivors, the prevalence of upper motor disability remains high. There has not been much report on the success of post-stroke mirror therapy, ...

Prediction of Motor Function Recovery after Subcortical Stroke

Integrity of the ipsilesional corticospinal pathway, normalized contralesional intracortical excitability, and task-related activation in the ...

BCI for stroke rehabilitation: motor and beyond - IOPscience

Moreover, past studies have shown an intricate relationship between motor, cognitive and emotion functions which might influence the overall post-stroke ...

Assessments of Motor Function Post Stroke: A Review

... Motor Assessment (RMA), the Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment (CMSA), the Motor Club Assessment (MCA), the Motricity Index (MI), the Stroke Rehabilitation ...

Game-Based Virtual Reality Interventions to Improve Upper Limb ...

The results demonstrate the potential benefits of VR interventions on the recovery of UL motor function and on quality of life after stroke.