Increase in sensorimotor cortex response to somatosensory stimulation over subacute poststroke period correlates with motor recovery in hemiparetic patients

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-334

  Schaechter, Judith D ^a,e   Van Oers, Casper A M M ^b   Groisser, Benjamin N ^a,e   Salles, Sara S ^c   Vangel, Mark G ^a,e   Moore, Christopher I ^d   Dijkhuizen, Rick M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

functional MRI; motor function; plasticity; somatosensory; tactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REHABILITATION CARE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; OXYGEN; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860804810     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311421613     Document Type: Article

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