Separable systems for recovery of finger strength and control after stroke

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1151-1163

  Xu, Jing ^a   Ejaz, Naveed ^b,c   Hertler, Benjamin ^d   Branscheidt, Meret ^d,e   Widmer, Mario ^d   Faria, Andreia V ^e   Harran, Michelle D ^f   Cortes, Juan C ^f   Kim, Nathan ^a   Celnik, Pablo A ^e   Kitago, Tomoko ^f   Luft, Andreas R ^d,g   Krakauer, John W ^a   Diedrichsen, Jörn ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Cereneo Center for Neurology and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^g Cereneo Center for Neurology and Rehabilitation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finger individuation; Motor recovery; Plasticity; Strength; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HAND STRENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROKE REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026899927     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00123.2017     Document Type: Article

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