A Short and Distinct Time Window for Recovery of Arm Motor Control Early After Stroke Revealed With a Global Measure of Trajectory Kinematics

• Published in: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair Vol. 31; no. 6; p. 552
• Main Authors: Cortes, Juan C, Goldsmith, Jeff, Harran, Michelle D, Xu, Jing, Kim, Nathan, Schambra, Heidi M, Luft, Andreas R, Celnik, Pablo, Krakauer, John W, Kitago, Tomoko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Arm - physiopathology; Biomechanical Phenomena; Brain Ischemia - complications; Brain Ischemia - rehabilitation; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Activity; Paresis - physiopathology; Paresis - rehabilitation; Recovery of Function; Stroke - complications; Stroke Rehabilitation; upper limb; kinematics; reaching; stroke; motor recovery

Studies demonstrate that most arm motor recovery occurs within three months after stroke, when measured with standard clinical scales. Improvements on these measures, however, reflect a combination of recovery in motor control, increases in strength, and acquisition of compensatory strategies. To is...