Can Neurological Biomarkers of Brain Impairment Be Used to Predict Poststroke Motor Recovery? A Systematic Review

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-24

  Kim, Bokkyu ^a   Winstein, Carolee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; motor recovery; neurological biomarkers; prognosis; stroke; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUGL MEYERASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR FUNCTION TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR RECOVERY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST; BRAIN; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 85006089884     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968316662708     Document Type: Review

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