Advanced search
Publication Cover
European Journal of Physiotherapy Volume 22, 2020 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
70
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Letter to the Editor

Manual dexterity and palmar grip strength of ipsilesional upper limb of post-stroke adults

Alfredo LopesDepartment of Physiotherapy, Center for Research in Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal;;Department of Orthophysiatry, Hospital Center of Porto, Porto, Portugal;Correspondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4908-1326
ORCID Icon,
Katia AlvesDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal;
,
Carolina FiúzaDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal;
&
Inês MesquitaDepartment of Functional Sciences, Center for Research in Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Pages 121-122 | Received 22 Nov 2018, Accepted 16 Dec 2018, Published online: 07 Feb 2019

References

  • Albert SJ, Kesselring J. Neurorehabilitation of stroke. J Neurol. 2012;259:817–832.
  • Langhorne P, Coupar F, Pollock A. Motor recovery after stroke: a systematic review. Lancet Neurol. 2009;8:741–754.
  • Nakamura T, Abreu BC, Patterson RM, et al. Upper-limb kinematics of the presumed-to-be-unaffected side after brain injury. Am J Occup Ther. 2008;62:46–50.
  • Kitsos GH, Hubbard IJ, Kitsos AR, et al. The ipsilesional upper limb can be affected following stroke. Sci World J. 2013;2013:684860.
  • Agnew J, Bolla‐Wilson K, Kawas CH, et al. Purdue pegboard age and sex norms for people 40 years old and older. Dev Neuropsychol. 1988;4:29–35.
  • Massy-Westropp NM, Gill TK, Taylor AW, et al. Hand grip strength: age and gender stratified normative data in a population-based study. BMC Res Notes. 2011;4:127.
  • Mathiowetz V, Volland G, Kashman N, et al. Adult norms for the box and block test of manual dexterity. Am J Occup Ther. 1985;39:386–391.
  • Valdes.J, Macdermid G, Solomon K. ASHT. Clinical assessment recomenmendations. 3rd ed. Mount Laurel, (NJ): ASHT; 2015.
  • Finley M, Combs S, Carnahan K, et al. Comparison of “less affected limb” reaching kinematics in individuals with chronic stroke and healthy age-matched controls. Phys Occup Ther Geriatr. 2012;30:245–259.
  • Pandian S, Arya KN. Motor impairment of the ipsilesional body side in poststroke subjects. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2013;17:495–503.
  • Sunderland A. Recovery of ipsilateral dexterity after stroke. Stroke. 2000;31:430–433.
  • Ziemann U, Ishii K, Borgheresi A, et al. Dissociation of the pathways mediating ipsilateral and contralateral motor evoked potentials in human hand and arm muscles. J Physiol. 1999;518:895–906.
  • Grefkes C, Fink GR. Reorganization of cerebral networks after stroke: new insights from neuro imaging with connectivity approaches. Brain. 2011;134:1264–1276.
  • Shimizu T, Hosaki A, Hino T, et al. Motor cortical disinhibition in the unaffected hemisphere after unilateral cortical stroke. Brain. 2002;125:1896–1907.
  • Ward NS. Cohen G. Mechanisms under lying recovery of motor function after stroke. Arch Neurol. 2004;61:1844–1848.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.