The effect of combined somatosensory stimulation and task-specific training on upper limb function in chronic stroke: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-152

  Fleming, Melanie K ^a   Sorinola, Isaac O ^a,b   Roberts Lewis, Sarah F ^a,b   Wolfe, Charles D ^b,c   Wellwood, Ian ^b,c   Newham, Di J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Neurophysiology; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Task specific training; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH ARM TEST SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT SCORE; GOAL ATTAINMENT SALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY LOG; MUSCLE STIMULATOR; NAUSEA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK SPECIFIC TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; ARM; BRAIN; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919956708     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314533613     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Wolfe CD. The impact of stroke. Br Med Bull. 2000 ; 56: 275-286
2. Kwakkel G, Kollen BJ, van der Grond J, Prevo AJ. Probability of regaining dexterity in the flaccid upper limb: impact of severity of paresis and time since onset in acute stroke. Stroke. 2003 ; 34: 2181-2186
3. Broeks JG, Lankhorst GJ, Rumping K, Prevo AJ. The long-term outcome of arm function after stroke: results of a follow-up study. Disabil Rehabil. 1999 ; 21: 357-364
4. Pekna M, Pekny M, Nilsson M. Modulation of neural plasticity as a basis for stroke rehabilitation. Stroke. 2012 ; 43: 2819-2828
5. McKay D, Brooker R, Giacomin P, Ridding M, Miles T. Time course of induction of increased human motor cortex excitability by nerve stimulation. Neuroreport. 2002 ; 13: 1271-1273
6. Ridding MC, McKay DR, Thompson PD, Miles TS. Changes in corticomotor representations induced by prolonged peripheral nerve stimulation in humans. Clin Neurophysiol. 2001 ; 112: 1461-1469
7. Wu CW, van Gelderen P, Hanakawa T, Yaseen Z, Cohen LG. Enduring representational plasticity after somatosensory stimulation. Neuroimage. 2005 ; 27: 872-884
8. Conforto AB, Kaelin-Lang A, Cohen LG. Increase in hand muscle strength of stroke patients after somatosensory stimulation. Ann Neurol. 2002 ; 51: 122-125
9. Wu CW, Seo HJ, Cohen LG. Influence of electric somatosensory stimulation on paretic-hand function in chronic stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2006 ; 87: 351-357
10. Celnik P, Hummel F, Harris-Love M, Wolk R, Cohen LG. Somatosensory stimulation enhances the effects of training functional hand tasks in patients with chronic stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 ; 88: 1369-1376
11. Sawaki L, Wu CW, Kaelin-Lang A, Cohen LG. Effects of somatosensory stimulation on use-dependent plasticity in chronic stroke. Stroke. 2006 ; 37: 246-247
12. Dos Santos-Fontes RL, Ferreiro de Andrade KN, Sterr A, Conforto AB. Home-based nerve stimulation to enhance effects of motor training in patients in the chronic phase after stroke: a proof-of-principle study. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2013 ; 27: 483-490
13. McDonnell MN, Hillier SL, Miles TS, Thompson PD, Ridding MC. Influence of combined afferent stimulation and task-specific training following stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2007 ; 21: 435-443
14. Sullivan JE, Hurley D, Hedman LD. Afferent stimulation provided by glove electrode during task-specific arm exercise following stroke. Clin Rehabil. 2012 ; 26: 1010-1020
15. Dobkin BH. Training and exercise to drive poststroke recovery. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 ; 4: 76-85
16. Hubbard IJ, Parsons MW, Neilson C, Carey LM. Task-specific training: evidence for and translation to clinical practice. Occup Ther Int. 2009 ; 16: 175-189
17. Shepherd RB. Exercise and training to optimize functional motor performance in stroke: driving neural reorganization?. Neural Plast. 2001 ; 8: 121-129
18. Lyle RC. A performance test for assessment of upper limb function in physical rehabilitation treatment and research. Int J Rehabil Res. 1981 ; 4: 483-492
19. 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
20. Uswatte G, Taub E, Morris D, Light K, Thompson PA. The Motor Activity Log-28: assessing daily use of the hemiparetic arm after stroke. Neurology. 2006 ; 67: 1189-1194
21. Stinear CM, Barber PA, Smale PR, Coxon JP, Fleming MK, Byblow WD. Functional potential in chronic stroke patients depends on corticospinal tract integrity. Brain. 2007 ; 130 (pt 1). 170-180
22. Ashworth B. Preliminary trial of carisoprodol in multiple sclerosis. Practitioner. 1964 ; 192: 540-542
23. Hurn J, Kneebone I, Cropley M. Goal setting as an outcome measure: a systematic review. Clin Rehabil. 2006 ; 20: 756-772
24. Davis JZ. Task selection and enriched environments: a functional upper extremity training program for stroke survivors. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2006 ; 13 (3). 1-11
25. Goal Attainment Scaling: Application, Theory and Measurement. Kiresuk TJ Smith A Cardillo JE, ed. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum ; 1994 :
26. Turner-Stokes L, Williams H. Goal attainment scaling: a direct comparison of alternative rating methods. Clin Rehabil. 2010 ; 24: 66-73
27. Rossini PM, Barker AT, Berardelli A, et al. Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord and roots: basic principles and procedures for routine clinical application. Report of an IFCN committee. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1994 ; 91: 79-92
28. Fleming MK, Sorinola IO, Newham DJ, Roberts-Lewis SF, Bergmann JH. The effect of coil type and navigation on the reliability of transcranial magnetic stimulation. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2012 ; 20: 617-625
29. van der Lee JH, Beckerman H, Lankhorst GJ, Bouter LM. The responsiveness of the Action Research Arm test and the Fugl-Meyer Assessment scale in chronic stroke patients. J Rehabil Med. 2001 ; 33: 110-113
30. Jebsen RH, Taylor N, Trieschmann RB, Trotter MJ, Howard LA. An objective and standardized test of hand function. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1969 ; 50: 311-319
31. Wolf SL, Catlin PA, Ellis M, Archer AL, Morgan B, Piacentino A. Assessing Wolf Motor Function Test as outcome measure for research in patients after stroke. Stroke. 2001 ; 32: 1635-1639
32. Talelli P, Greenwood RJ, Rothwell JC. Arm function after stroke: neurophysiological correlates and recovery mechanisms assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol. 2006 ; 117: 1641-1659