Deficits in motor coordination of the paretic lower limb best explained activity limitations after stroke.

CONCLUSION: Measures of strength and motor coordination of the paretic lower limb were significantly correlated with all activity measures. However, despite the fact that knee flexor strength explained some variance in walking speed and stair ascent/descent cadences, motor coordination was the only measure that explained the variances in all three selected activity measures. These findings are innovative for neurological rehabilitation, since this is the first study to demonstrate that deficits in motor coordination of the paretic lower limb best explained limitations in performing different lower-limb activities. PMID: 29927672 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - June 21, 2018 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Menezes KK, Nascimento LR, Faria CD, Avelino PR, Scianni AA, Polese JC, Faria-Fortini I, Teixeira-Salmela LF Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research