Evaluation of abnormal synergy patterns poststroke: Relationship of the fugl-meyer assessment to hemiparetic locomotion

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-337

  Bowden, Mark G ^a,b   Clark, David J ^a   Kautz, Steven A ^a,b  

^a Brain Rehabilitation Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Gait; Motor control; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; STROKE; WALKING;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSKINESIAS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 77951133052     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309343215     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Twitchell TE The restoration of motor function following hemiplegia in man. Brain. 1951 ; 74: 443-480.
2. Brunnstrom S. Motor testing procedures in hemiplegia: based on sequential recovery stages. Phys Ther. 1966 ; 46: 357-375.
3. Fugl-Meyer AR, Jaasko L., Leyman I., Olsson S., Steglind S. The post-stroke hemiplegic patient: 1. A method for evaluation of physical performance. Scand J Rehabil Med. 1975 ; 7: 13-31.
4. Duncan PW, Propst M., Nelson SG Reliability of the Fugl-Meyer assessment of sensorimotor recovery following cerebrovascular accident. Phys Ther. 1983 ; 63: 1606-1610.
5. Wang CH, Hsieh CL, Dai MH, Chen CH, Lai YF Inter-rater reliability and validity of the stroke rehabilitation assessment of movement (stream) instrument. J Rehabil Med. 2002 ; 34: 20-24.
6. Lamontagne A., Malouin F., Richards CL Locomotor-specific measure of spasticity of plantarflexor muscles after stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001 ; 82: 1696-1704. (Pubitemid 33126676)
7. Dobkin BH, Firestine A., West M., Saremi K., Woods R. Ankle dorsiflexion as an fMRI paradigm to assay motor control for walking during rehabilitation. Neuroimage. 2004 ; 23: 370-381. (Pubitemid 39119468)
8. Nadeau S., Arsenault AB, Gravel D., Bourbonnais D. Analysis of the clinical factors determining natural and maximal gait speeds in adults with a stroke. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1999 ; 78: 123-130. (Pubitemid 29135756)
9. Kollen B., van de Port I., Lindeman E., Twisk J., Kwakkel G. Predicting improvement in gait after stroke: a longitudinal prospective study. Stroke. 2005 ; 36: 2676-2680.
10. Barbeau H. Locomotor training in neurorehabilitation: emerging rehabilitation concepts. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2003 ; 17: 3-11. (Pubitemid 37102022)
11. Dietz V., Harkema SJ Locomotor activity in spinal cord-injured persons. J Appl Physiol. 2004 ; 96: 1954-1960. (Pubitemid 38580025)
12. Edgerton VR, Tillakaratne NJ, Bigbee AJ, de Leon RD, Roy RR Plasticity of the spinal neural circuitry after injury. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2004 ; 27: 145-167.
13. Nielsen JB How we walk: central control of muscle activity during human walking. Neuroscientist. 2003 ; 9: 195-204.
14. Yang JF, Gorassini M. Spinal and brain control of human walking: implications for retraining of walking. Neuroscientist. 2006 ; 12: 379-389. (Pubitemid 44316317)
15. Zehr EP Neural control of rhythmic human movement: the common core hypothesis. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2005 ; 33: 54-60.
16. Ivanenko YP, Poppele RE, Lacquaniti F. Five basic muscle activation patterns account for muscle activity during human locomotion. J Physiol. 2004 ; 556: 267-282.
17. dAvella A., Saltiel P., Bizzi E. Combinations of muscle synergies in the construction of a natural motor behavior. Nat Neurosci. 2003 ; 6: 300-308. (Pubitemid 36278289)
18. Ivanenko YP, Poppele RE, Lacquaniti F. Motor control programs and walking. Neuroscientist. 2006 ; 12: 339-348.
19. Bizzi E., Cheung VC, dAvella A., Saltiel P., Tresch M. Combining modules for movement. Brain Res Rev. 2008 ; 57: 125-133. (Pubitemid 350218169)
20. Ting LH, Macpherson JM A limited set of muscle synergies for force control during a postural task. J Neurophysiol. 2005 ; 93: 609-613.
21. Torres-Oviedo G., Ting LH Muscle synergies characterizing human postural responses. J Neurophysiol. 2007 ; 98: 2144-2156. (Pubitemid 47584400)
22. Clark DJ, Subramanian S., Neptune RR, Ting LH, Kautz SA Fewer basic activation patterns account for lower extremity EMG during walking in adults post-stroke compared to healthy controls. Poster presented at: Neural Control of Movement Annual Meeting ; April 2008 ; Naples, FL.
23. Kautz SA, Patten C. Interlimb influences on paretic leg function in poststroke hemiparesis. J Neurophysiol. 2005 ; 93: 2460-2473. (Pubitemid 40570831)
24. Berg KO, Maki BE, Williams JI, Holliday PJ, Wood-Dauphinee SL Clinical and laboratory measures of postural balance in an elderly population. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1992 ; 73: 1073-1080.
25. Berg KO, Wood-Dauphinee SL, Williams JI, Maki B. Measuring balance in the elderly: validation of an instrument. Can J Public Health. 1992 ; 83 (suppl 2). S7 - S11.
26. Shumway-Cook A., Woollacott M. Motor Control: Theory and Practical Applications. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ; 2001.
27. Bowden MG, Balasubramanian CK, Neptune RR, Kautz SA Anterior-posterior ground reaction forces as a measure of paretic leg contribution in hemiparetic walking. Stroke. 2006 ; 37: 872-876.
28. Balasubramanian CK, Bowden MG, Neptune RR, Kautz SA Relationship between step length asymmetry and walking performance in subjects with chronic hemiparesis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 ; 88: 43-49.
29. De Quervain IA, Simon SR, Leurgans S., Pease WS, McAllister D. Gait pattern in the early recovery period after stroke. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1996 ; 78: 1506-1514. (Pubitemid 26357522)
30. Harris-Love ML, Macko RF, Whitall J., Forrester LW Improved hemiparetic muscle activation in treadmill versus overground walking. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2004 ; 18: 154-160. (Pubitemid 40500842)
31. Goldberg EJ, Kautz SA, Neptune RR Can treadmill walking be used to assess propulsion generation ? J Biomech. 2008 ; 41: 1805-1808.
32. Tesio L., Rota V. Gait analysis on split-belt force treadmills: validation of an instrument. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 ; 87: 515-526.
33. Neckel N., Pelliccio M., Nichols D., Hidler J. Quantification of functional weakness and abnormal synergy patterns in the lower limb of individuals with chronic stroke. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2006 ; 3: 17.
34. Sanford J., Moreland J., Swanson LR, Stratford PW, Gowland C. Reliability of the Fugl-Meyer assessment for testing motor performance in patients following stroke. Phys Ther. 1993 ; 73: 447-454. (Pubitemid 23216237)
35. Nakayama H., Jorgensen HS, Raaschou HO, Olsen TS Recovery of upper extremity function in stroke patients: the Copenhagen Stroke Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1994 ; 75: 394-398. (Pubitemid 24134114)