Longitudinal Structural and Functional Differences Between Proportional and Poor Motor Recovery After Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evolution of motor function during the first months after stroke is stereotypically bifurcated, consisting of either recovery to about 70% of maximum possible improvement ("proportional recovery, PROP") or in little to no improvement ("poor recovery, POOR"). There is currently no evidence that any rehabilitation treatment will prevent POOR and favor PROP.

Objective

To perform a longitudinal and multimodal assessment of functional and structural changes in brain organization associated with PROP.

Methods

Fugl-Meyer Assessments of the upper extremity and high-density electroencephalography (EEG) were obtained from 63 patients, diffusion tensor imaging from 46 patients, at 2 and 4 weeks (T0) and at 3 months (T1) after stroke onset.

Results

We confirmed

SUBMITTER: Guggisberg AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368856 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature