Research - Recover Arm Function following Stroke

Muscle ‘synergies’ a key to stroke treatment?

Researchers at MIT and San Camillo Hospital in Venice, Italy, have shown that motor impairments in stroke patients can be understood as impairments in specific combinations of muscle activity, known as synergies. Previous work in animals and humans has shown that groups of muscles tend to be co-activated as a unit in predicable patterns, or synergies, across a wide range of movements.

Repetitive bilateral arm training and motor cortex activation in chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

In this article in JAMA, the authors examine the mechanisms by which cortical networks are influenced by the interventions in post-stroke rehabilitation. JAMA. 2004 Oct 20;292(15):1853-61.

CONTEXT: Reorganization in central motor networks occurs during early recovery from hemiparetic stroke. In chronic stroke survivors, specific rehabilitation therapy can improve upper extremity function.

Research - Recover Arm Function following Stroke

Muscle ‘synergies’ a key to stroke treatment?

Repetitive bilateral arm training and motor cortex activation in chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

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