Spastic paresis follows chronic disruption of the central execution of volitional command.
Motor function in patients with spastic paresis is subjected over time to three fundamental …

Movement is accomplished by the controlled activation of motor unit populations. Our
understanding of motor unit physiology has been derived from experimental work on the …

Drawing on the disciplines of neurophysiology and physics, Neuromechanics of Human
Movement, Fourth Edition, explores how the nervous system controls the actions of muscles …

▪ Abstract Activity-dependent plasticity occurs in the spinal cord throughout life. Driven by
input from the periphery and the brain, this plasticity plays an important role in the …

Intracellular recordings were made from sacrocaudal tail motoneurons of acute and chronic
spinal rats to examine whether plateau potentials contribute to spasticity associated with …

Body-weight supported locomotor training (BWST) promotes recovery of load-bearing
stepping in lower mammals, but its efficacy in individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) is …

Locomotor training is a classic rehabilitation approach utilized with the aim of improving
sensorimotor function and walking ability in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Recent …

A complete transection of the spinal cord at a low thoracic level induces a paraplegic
syndrome that is accompanied by a loss of spinal cord serotonin content. Former …

Although recovery from spinal cord injury is generally meager, evidence suggests that step
training can improve stepping performance, particularly after neonatal spinal injury. The …

Current dogma states that meaningful recovery of function after spinal cord injury (SCI) will
likely require a combination of therapeutic interventions comprised of regenerative …