Introduction Millions of people worldwide suffer with spasticity related to irreversible damage
to the brain or spinal cord. Typical antecedent events include stroke, traumatic brain injury …

Previous studies in neurologically intact subjects have shown that motor coordination can be
described by task-dependent combinations of a few muscle synergies, defined here as a …

Electromyography (EMG) is sensitive to neuromuscular changes resulting from ischemic
stroke and is considered a potential predictive tool of post-stroke gait and rehabilitation …

Spastic movement disorder is characterized by reduced ability to selectively activate
muscles with significant co-activation of antagonist muscles. It has traditionally been thought …

Previous studies indicate that motor coordination may be achieved by assembling task-
dependent combinations of a few muscle synergies, defined here as fixed patterns of …

Background Spasticity is a common impairment that follows stroke, and it results typically in
functional loss. For this reason, accurate quantification of spasticity has both diagnostic and …

OBJECTIVE: Spasticity is a common manifestation of lesion of central motor pathways. It is
essential for correct anti-spastic treatment that passive and active contributions to increased …

Background Previous studies showed that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
(rTMS) reduces spasticity after stroke. However, clinical assessments like the modified …

We prospectively investigated the feasibility of using quantitative ultrasound imaging (QUI)
to assess the biceps brachii muscle (BBM) in individuals with chronic post-stroke spasticity …

Our objective in this study was to assess passive mechanical stiffness in the ankle of chronic
hemiparetic stroke survivors and to compare it with those of healthy young and older (age …