Near-infrared spectroscopic topography as a tool to monitor motor reorganization after hemiparetic stroke: A comparison with functional MRI

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 33; no. 8; pp. 2032 - 2036
• Main Authors: KATO, Hiroyuki, IZUMIYAMA, Masahiro, KOIZUMI, Hideaki, TAKAHASHI, Akira, ITOYAMA, Yasuto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.08.2002
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cerebral Cortex - pathology; Cerebral Cortex - physiopathology; Female; Functional Laterality; Hand - physiopathology; Humans; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - complications; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - diagnosis; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - physiopathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Motor Skills; Neurology; Neuronal Plasticity; Paresis - complications; Paresis - physiopathology; Predictive Value of Tests; Recovery of Function; Reference Values; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - instrumentation; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods; Stroke - complications; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - physiopathology; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Human; Hemiparesis; Nervous system diseases; Stroke; Motor system disorder; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Functional analysis; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Near infrared spectrometry; Central nervous system disease; Medical imagery; Neurological disorder; Cerebrovascular disease; Comparative study

Motor functional recovery from stroke can occur, but the mechanisms underlying this restorative process remain to be elucidated. We used near-infrared spectroscopic (NIRS) topography in comparison with functional MRI (fMRI) to evaluate the compensatory motor activation of cortical regions in patient...