Proportional recovery after stroke depends on corticomotor integrity

D. Byblow, Winston; M. Stinear, Cathy; Alan Barber, P.; A. Petoe, Matthew; Ackerley, Suzanne

doi:10.1002/ana.24472

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Proportional recovery after stroke depends on corticomotor integrity

Published in Annals of Neurology • Jul 7, 2015

Authors:

Winston D. Byblow

Cathy M. Stinear

P. Alan Barber

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: For most patients, resolution of upper limb impairment during the first 6 months poststroke is 70% of the maximum possible. We sought to identify candidate mechanisms of this proportional recovery. We hypothesized that proportional resolution of upper limb impairment depends on ipsilesion...

Subject

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Motor impairment

Upper limb

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