TY  - JOUR
AU  - Simo, LS
AU  - Piovesan, D
AU  - Laczkó, József
AU  - Ghez, C
AU  - Scheidt, RS
TI  - Submovements during reaching movements after stroke
JF  - ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY - PROCEEDINGS
J2  - ANN INT CONF EEE ENGIN MED BIOL PROC
VL  - 2014
PY  - 2014
SP  - 5357
EP  - 5360
PG  - 4
SN  - 1557-170X
DO  - 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944836
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2971705
ID  - 2971705
AB  - Neurological deficits after cerebrovascular accidents very frequently disrupt the kinematics of voluntary movements with the consequent impact in daily life activities. Robotic methodologies enable the quantitative characterization of specific control deficits needed to understand the basis of functional impairments and to design effective rehabilitation therapies. In a group of right handed chronic stroke survivors (SS) with right side hemiparesis, intact proprioception, and differing levels of motor impairment, we used a robotic manipulandum to study right arm function during discrete point-to-point reaching movements and reciprocal out-and-back movements to visual targets. We compared these movements with those of neurologically intact individuals (NI). We analyzed the presence of secondary submovements in the initial (i.e. outward) trajectory portion of the two tasks and found that the SS with severe impairment (FM < 30) presented arm submovements that differed notably not only from NI but also from those of SS with moderate arm impairment (FM 30-50). Therefore the results of this pilot study suggest that in SS arm kinematics vary significantly across differing levels of motor impairment. Our results support the development of rehabilitation therapies carefully tailored to each individual stroke survivor.
LA  - English
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