Does functional electrical stimulation for foot drop strengthen corticospinal connections?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several pilot studies have evoked interest in robot-assisted therapy (RAT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of RAT in children with CP through a single-blind randomized controlled trial. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixteen children with CP were randomized into 2 groups. ...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Gilliaux M,Renders A,Dispa D,Holvoet D,Sapin J,Dehez B,Detrembleur C,Lejeune TM,Stoquart G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the blood lactate accumulation during two wheelchair-racing protocols. During exercise, energy is required, which causes metabolism to increase and blood lactate to accumulate. Proper training can reduce the amount of blood lactate accumulation and increase tolerance to blood lactate a...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Cooper RA,Baldini FD,Boninger ML,Cooper R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selection of patients who are most and least likely to benefit from constraint-induced therapy (CIT) for the upper extremity is uncertain. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated demographic and clinical characteristics that may predict outcomes for a distributed form of CIT. METHODS:A group of 57 patients were ...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Lin KC,Huang YH,Hsieh YW,Wu CY

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional connectivity is defined as the temporal correlation between spatially remote neurophysiological events. This method has become particularly useful for studying neuroplasticity to detect changes in the collaboration of brain areas during cortical reorganization. METHODS:In this article, the author...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Klingner CM,Volk GF,Brodoehl S,Burmeister HP,Witte OW,Guntinas-Lichius O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to establish the minimal detectable change (MDC) and clinically important differences (CIDs) of the physical domains of the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) and to assess the proportions of patients' change scores exceeding the MDC and CIDs after stroke rehabilitation. METHODS:Seventy...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Lin KC,Fu T,Wu CY,Wang YH,Liu JS,Hsieh CJ,Lin SF

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Purpose. Patients with chronic stroke may benefit from continuing rehabilitation training after hospital discharge. This study examined whether caregiver-mediated, home-based intervention (CHI) could improve physical functioning and social participation in these patients. Methods. A single-blind, random...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Wang TC,Tsai AC,Wang JY,Lin YT,Lin KL,Chen JJ,Lin BY,Lin TC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the individual occurrence of walking-related motor fatigue in persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), according to disability level and disease phenotype.Study design This was a cross-sectional, multinational study.Participants They were 208 PwMS from 11 centers with Expanded Disability Status ...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Leone C,Severijns D,Doležalová V,Baert I,Dalgas U,Romberg A,Bethoux F,Gebara B,Santoyo Medina C,Maamâgi H,Rasova K,Maertens de Noordhout B,Knuts K,Skjerbaek A,Jensen E,Wagner JM,Feys P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The slow rate of nerve regeneration following injury can cause extended muscle denervation, leading to irreversible muscle atrophy, fibrosis, and destruction of motor endplates. The immunosuppressant FK506 (tacrolimus) has been shown to accelerate the rate of nerve regeneration and functional recovery. Howev...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Yan Y,Sun HH,Hunter DA,Mackinnon SE,Johnson PJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STATEMENT OF PROBLEM:To develop and evaluate a self-administered health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure for peripheral neuropathy. METHODS:A field test measure of 162 items was developed that included the RAND-36 Health Survey as a generic core and a neuropathy-targeted supplement whose content was driven by r...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Vickrey BG,Hays RD,Beckstrand M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing interest in the use of D-amphetamine (D-AMPH) as a pharmacological treatment to supplement rehabilitative therapy following stroke. Based on the success of earlier animal models, several clinical studies have demonstrated beneficial effects of applying physical rehabilitation while stroke pa...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Barbay S,Zoubina EV,Dancause N,Frost SB,Eisner-Janowicz I,Stowe AM,Plautz EJ,Nudo RJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemiparetic gait following stroke requires substantial energy consumption, which would promote deconditioning and disability. Optimal modalities for decreasing this energy cost remain challenging. Excessive energy consumption, however, seems to be mainly due to extra positive muscle work to substantially lif...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Massaad F,Lejeune TM,Detrembleur C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some noninvasive brain-computer interface (BCI) systems are currently available for locked-in syndrome (LIS) but none have incorporated a statistical language model during text generation. OBJECTIVE:To begin to address the communication needs of individuals with LIS using a noninvasive BCI that involves rap...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Oken BS,Orhan U,Roark B,Erdogmus D,Fowler A,Mooney A,Peters B,Miller M,Fried-Oken MB

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown that movement impairments following stroke are typically associated with the limb contralateral to the side of the stroke. Prior studies identified ipsilateral motor declines across a variety of tasks. OBJECTIVE:Two experiments were conducted to better understand the ipsilateral contribut...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Ketcham CJ,Rodriguez TM,Zihlman KA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One in 2 Canadians is expected to acquire cancer in their lifetime. Many cancers, including breast, ovarian, and lung cancer, are treated using taxane chemotherapy with curative intent. A major adverse effect with the use of taxane chemotherapeutic agents is taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy (TIPN). Both positive (...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Andersen Hammond E,Pitz M,Shay B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recovery from stroke is often said to have "plateaued" after 6 to 12 months. Yet training can still improve performance even in the chronic phase. Here we investigate the biomechanics of accuracy improvements during a reaching task and test whether they are affected by the speed at which movements are practi...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Hammerbeck U,Yousif N,Hoad D,Greenwood R,Diedrichsen J,Rothwell JC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In hemiplegic gait, step length typically differs in magnitude between paretic and nonparetic sides. However, the direction of step-length asymmetry varies across stroke patients. OBJECTIVE:The study sought to understand directional variations in step-length asymmetry in terms of asymmetries in forward foot...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Roerdink M,Beek PJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current available therapies for Parkinson disease (PD) have strong limitations, and patients usually present with refractory symptoms despite all efforts. Deep brain stimulation (DBS), which has been used in PD patients for decades (since 1987), has best indications for symptoms like tremor, motor fluctuatio...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Garcia BB,Junior ER,Araújo MFP,Simplício H

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke patients manifest steering difficulties during walking, which may arise from an altered perception of visual motion. OBJECTIVE:To examine the ability of stroke patients to control their heading direction while walking in a virtual environment (VE) describing translational optic flows (OFs) expanding ...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Lamontagne A,Fung J,McFadyen B,Faubert J,Paquette C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The course of central and peripheral motor recovery after cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) may be investigated by electrophysiological measures. The goal of this study was to compare the 2 over the first year after injury in relation to motor gains. METHODS:Compound motor action potentials (C...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Petersen JA,Spiess M,Curt A,Weidner N,Rupp R,Abel R,EM-SCI Study Group.,Schubert M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately one-third of stroke patients suffer visual field impairment as a result of their strokes. However, studies using the visual pathway as a paradigm for studying poststroke recovery are limited. In this article, we propose that the visual pathway has many features that make it an excellent model system for ...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Busza A,Schneider CL,Williams ZR,Mahon BZ,Sahin B

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the relative effects of distributed constraint-induced therapy (CIT) and bilateral arm training (BAT) on motor performance, daily function, functional use of the affected arm, and quality of life in patients with hemiparetic stroke. METHODS:A total of 60 patients were r...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Lin KC,Chang YF,Wu CY,Chen YA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ambulating on stairs is an important aspect of daily activities for many individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI), and little is known about the effect of training for this specific task. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to determine whether staircase ascent training enhances motor recovery ...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Singh A,Murray M,Houle JD

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Walking speed is a cardinal indicator of poststroke gait performance; however, no consensus exists regarding the optimal treatment method(s) for its enhancement. The most widely accepted criterion for establishing the contribution of treatment to walking speed is the gain in speed. The actual speed, however, at...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Dickstein R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background The reliable stratification of homogeneous subgroups and the prediction of future clinical outcomes within heterogeneous neurological disorders is a particularly challenging task. Nonetheless, it is essential for the implementation of targeted care and effective therapeutic interventions. Objective This stu...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Tanadini LG,Steeves JD,Hothorn T,Abel R,Maier D,Schubert M,Weidner N,Rupp R,Curt A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. After stroke, recovery of movement in proximal and distal upper extremity (UE) muscles appears to follow different time courses, suggesting differences in their neural substrates. Objective. We sought to determine if presence or absence of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) differentially influences recovery o...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Schambra HM,Xu J,Branscheidt M,Lindquist M,Uddin J,Steiner L,Hertler B,Kim N,Berard J,Harran MD,Cortes JC,Kitago T,Luft A,Krakauer JW,Celnik PA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke patients with a low memory self-efficacy (MSE) report more memory complaints than patients with a high MSE. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a memory-training program on MSE in the chronic phase after stroke and to identify which patients benefit most from the MSE training...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Aben L,Heijenbrok-Kal MH,van Loon EM,Groet E,Ponds RW,Busschbach JJ,Ribbers GM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In clinical trials, behavioral outcomes and physiological measures of activity-dependent plasticity that evolve with task-oriented therapies may fail to reach statistical significance. When significant, clinical effectiveness may not be robust enough to alter professional practices. OBJECTIVE:Provide the co...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Dobkin BH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cortical networks underlying motor imagery are functionally close to motor performance networks and can be activated by patients with severe motor disabilities. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to examine the longitudinal effect of progressive motoneuron degeneration on cortical representation of motor im...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Lulé D,Diekmann V,Kassubek J,Kurt A,Birbaumer N,Ludolph AC,Kraft E

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have proposed a role for robotic gait training in participants with acquired brain injury, but the effects on the excitability of cortical and spinal neurons even in healthy participants are uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To investigate changes in corticospinal excitability in healthy participants afte...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Blicher JU,Nielsen JF

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of exercise in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is controversial. Although moderate exercise appears to be beneficial for limb muscles in ALS, the effects of exercise on bulbar muscles such as the tongue have not been studied. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of tongue force training on bulbar ...

journal_title：Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

authors： Ma D,Shuler JM,Kumar A,Stanford QR,Tungtur S,Nishimune H,Stanford JA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00