Neuromotor recovery from stroke: Computational models at central, functional, and muscle synergy level

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Casadio, Maura ^a   Tamagnone, Irene ^a   Summa, Susanna ^a   Sanguineti, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compensation; Cortical reorganization; Functional recovery; Motor skill learning; Muscle synergy; Robot; Slacking

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL REORGANIZATION; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; MOTOR SKILL LEARNING; MUSCLE SYNERGIES; SLACKING;

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT; RECOVERY; ROBOTS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMOTOR RECOVERY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA;

EID: 84880009618     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2013.00097     Document Type: Review

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