Stroke remains a leading cause of adult disability. Some degree of spontaneous behavioral
recovery is usually seen in the weeks after stroke onset. Variability in recovery is substantial …

Longitudinal studies show that almost all stroke patients experience at least some
predictable degree of functional recovery in the first six months post stroke. However, the …

Background and Purpose—Injury-induced cortical reorganization is a widely recognized
phenomenon. In contrast, there is almost no information on treatment-induced plastic …

Motor cortex is widely believed to underlie the acquisition and execution of motor skills, but
its contributions to these processes are not fully understood. One reason is that studies on …

Although lesion size is widely considered to be the most reliable predictor of outcome after
CNS injury, lesions of comparable size can produce vastly different magnitudes of functional …

Background—The precise mechanisms of and biological basis for motor recovery after
stroke in adults are still largely unknown. Reorganization of the motor system after stroke as …

Neural plasticity--the brain's ability to change in response to normal developmental
processes, experience, and injury--is a critically important phenomenon for both …

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nippon Medical School In recent years, our
understanding of motor learning, neuroplasticity and functional recovery after the occurrence …

Based upon neurophysiologic, neuroanatomic, and neuroimaging studies conducted over
the past two decades, the cerebral cortex can now be viewed as functionally and structurally …

Purpose: To propose a consensus-based definition and framework for motor rehabilitation
after stroke. Methods: An expert European working group reviewed the literature, attaining …