Motor Planning for Loading During Gait in Subacute Stroke

To determine the characteristics of motor planning surrounding initial contact during gait through examination of thigh muscle timing, amplitude, and co-contraction of the paretic and nonparetic limbs in people poststroke, and to investigate whether muscle timing, amplitude, and clinical performance measures of balance and mobility differ based on the level of co-contraction.

Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - November 26, 2015 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sue Peters, S. Jayne Garland, Kimberly J. Miller, Christopher K. Cochrane, Tanya D. Ivanova, Michael A. Hunt Tags: Original research Source Type: research