Corticospinal tract integrity and lesion volume play different roles in chronic hemiparesis and its improvement through motor practice

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 335-343

  Sterr, Annette ^a   Dean, Phil J A ^a   Szameitat, Andre J ^b,c   Conforto, Adriana Bastos ^d,e   Shen, Shan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Israelita Albert Einstain Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; hemiplegia; outcome assessment; shaping training; stroke rehabilitation; tractography; upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PARESIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST; ARM; BRAIN; CONVALESCENCE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899441615     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313510972     Document Type: Article

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