Does Measurement of Corticospinal Tract Involvement Add Value to Clinical Behavioral Biomarkers in Predicting Motor Recovery after Stroke?

Conclusions: Motor recovery of the upper and lower extremities after stroke could be predicted using the initial FMA score. CST injury was significant for the prediction of motor recovery of the upper extremity in patients with severe initial motor deficits (FMA-UE < 35); however, its portion of prediction of motor recovery was low. The prediction of poststroke motor recovery using the initial motor deficit was not improved by the addition of CST injury measurements. PMID: 33354207 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33354207?dopt=Abstract

Source: Neural Plasticity - December 30, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Lim JY, Oh MK, Park J, Paik NJ Tags: Neural Plast Source Type: research