Ipsilateral Motor Pathways and Transcallosal Inhibition During Lower Limb Movement After Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke rehabilitation may be improved with a better understanding of the contribution of ipsilateral motor pathways to the paretic limb and alterations in transcallosal inhibition. Few studies have evaluated these factors during dynamic, bilateral lower limb movements, and it is unclear whether they relate to functional outcomes.

Objective

Determine if lower limb ipsilateral excitability and transcallosal inhibition after stroke depend on target limb, task, or number of limbs involved, and whether these factors are related to clinical measures.

Methods

In 29 individuals with stroke, ipsilateral and contralateral responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation were measured in the paretic and nonparetic tibialis anterior during dynamic (unilateral or bilatera

SUBMITTER: Cleland BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8068608 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature