Objective Asymmetric walking after stroke is common, detrimental, and difficult to treat, but
current knowledge of underlying physiological mechanisms is limited. This study …

ABSTRACT A dopamine D2 receptor agonist, pramipexole, has been found to elicit
neuroprotection in patients with Parkinson's disease and restless leg syndrome. Recent …

Background Contrary to common belief of clinicians that hemorrhagic stroke survivors have
better functional prognoses than ischemic, recent studies show that ischemic survivors could …

(1) Background: Observational scales are the most common methodology used to assess
postural control and balance in people with stroke. The aim of this paper was to analyse the …

Stroke is characterized by an initial ischemia followed by a reperfusion that promotes
cascade of damage referred to as primary injury. The loss of mitochondrial function after …

Objective Sensory deficiency of fine touch limits the restoration of motor functions after
stroke, and its evaluation was seldom investigated from a neurological perspective. In this …

Purpose To investigate the course of basic activities of daily living (ADL) from admission up
to six months after the stroke and the longitudinal associations between stroke-related …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the immediate effects of vibration foam rolling
on dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM), balance, and gait in stroke patients. Thirty stroke …

[Purpose] Limited literature has investigated the relationships between acceleration-based
gait characteristics and kinematic information from motion analysis systems in gait analysis …

Background: Hemiparesis is a serious motor impairment following stroke and affecting
around 65% of stroke patients. This trial attempts to study the efficacy of individualized …