Identifying the role of the reticulospinal tract for strength and motor recovery: A scoping review of nonhuman and human studies.

ABSTRACT: In addition to the established postural control role of the reticulospinal tract (RST), there has been an increasing interest on its involvement in strength, motor recovery, and other gross motor functions. However, there are no reviews that have systematically assessed the overall motor function of the RST. Therefore, we aimed to determine the role of the RST underpinning motor function and recovery. We performed a literature search using Ovid Medline, Embase, CINAHL Plus, and Scopus to retrieve papers using key words for RST, strength, and motor recovery. Human and animal studies which assessed the role of RST were included. Studies were screened and 32 eligible studies were included for the final analysis. Of these, 21 of them were human studies while the remaining were on monkeys and r

SUBMITTER: Akalu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10359156 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature