Background: Given the limited healthcare resources in low and middle income countries
(LMICs), effective rehabilitation strategies that can be realistically adopted in such settings …

Background. Upper-limb impairment in patients with chronic stroke appears to be partly
attributable to an upregulated reticulospinal tract (RST). Here, we assessed whether the …

There is a lack of conceptual and theoretical clarity among clinicians and researchers
regarding the control of motor actions based on the use of the term “motor control.” It is …

Assessment of upper limb function poststroke is critical for clinical management and
determining the efficacy of interventions. We designed a unilateral upper limb task to …

Background Dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP) is clinically characterized by involuntary
movements and abnormal postures, which can aggravate with activity. While upper limb …

Background Several measures of upper limb (UL) motor tasks have been developed to
characterize recovery. However, UL performance and movement quality measures in …

Objective Ipsilateral connectivity from the non-stroke hemisphere to paretic arm muscles
appears to play little role in functional recovery, which instead depends on contralateral …

Background Gait asymmetry, which is common after stroke, is typically characterized using
spatiotemporal parameters of gait that do not consider the aspect of movement coordination …

Purpose The study explored the acceptability of high repetition arm training as part of a
randomised controlled trial, early after stroke, when fatigue levels and emotional strain are …

Stroke affects people of all ages, but many are in the elderly population. 75% of stroke
survivors have residual upper limb motor impairment and resultant disability. This thesis …