Training the Unimpaired Arm Improves the Motion of the Impaired Arm and the Sitting Balance in Chronic Stroke Survivors

Author(s):  
Alice De Luca ◽  
Psiche Giannoni ◽  
Honore Vernetti ◽  
Cristina Capra ◽  
Carmelo Lentino ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (S 4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R Luft ◽  
L Forrester ◽  
F Villagra ◽  
R Macko ◽  
D.F Hanley

Author(s):  
Michael Houston ◽  
Xiaoyan Li ◽  
Ping Zhou ◽  
Sheng Lia ◽  
Jinsook Roh ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Jin Seo ◽  
Leah R. Enders ◽  
Binal Motawar ◽  
Marcella L. Kosmopoulos ◽  
Mojtaba Fathi-Firoozabad

2011 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 2132-2149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anindo Roy ◽  
Hermano I. Krebs ◽  
Christopher T. Bever ◽  
Larry W. Forrester ◽  
Richard F. Macko ◽  
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Our objective in this study was to assess passive mechanical stiffness in the ankle of chronic hemiparetic stroke survivors and to compare it with those of healthy young and older (age-matched) individuals. Given the importance of the ankle during locomotion, an accurate estimate of passive ankle stiffness would be valuable for locomotor rehabilitation, potentially providing a measure of recovery and a quantitative basis to design treatment protocols. Using a novel ankle robot, we characterized passive ankle stiffness both in sagittal and in frontal planes by applying perturbations to the ankle joint over the entire range of motion with subjects in a relaxed state. We found that passive stiffness of the affected ankle joint was significantly higher in chronic stroke survivors than in healthy adults of a similar cohort, both in the sagittal as well as frontal plane of movement, in three out of four directions tested with indistinguishable stiffness values in plantarflexion direction. Our findings are comparable to the literature, thus indicating its plausibility, and, to our knowledge, report for the first time passive stiffness in the frontal plane for persons with chronic stroke and older healthy adults.


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