Gait post-stroke: Pathophysiology and rehabilitation strategies

C Beyaert, R Vasa, GE Frykberg - Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
We reviewed neural control and biomechanical description of gait in both non-disabled and
post-stroke subjects. In addition, we reviewed most of the gait rehabilitation strategies …

Neuromechanical principles underlying movement modularity and their implications for rehabilitation

LH Ting, HJ Chiel, RD Trumbower, JL Allen, JL McKay… - Neuron, 2015‏ - cell.com
Neuromechanical principles define the properties and problems that shape neural solutions
for movement. Although the theoretical and experimental evidence is debated, we present …

[HTML][HTML] Muscle synergies in joystick manipulation

L Cai, S Yan, C Ouyang, T Zhang, J Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Extracting muscle synergies from surface electromyographic signals (sEMGs) during
exercises has been widely applied to evaluate motor control strategies. This study explores …

The neural origin of muscle synergies

E Bizzi, VCK Cheung - Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2013‏ - frontiersin.org
Muscle synergies are neural coordinative structures that function to alleviate the
computational burden associated with the control of movement and posture. In this …

Merging of healthy motor modules predicts reduced locomotor performance and muscle coordination complexity post-stroke

DJ Clark, LH Ting, FE Zajac… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - journals.physiology.org
Evidence suggests that the nervous system controls motor tasks using a low-dimensional
modular organization of muscle activation. However, it is not clear if such an organization …

Common muscle synergies for balance and walking

SA Chvatal, LH Ting - Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2013‏ - frontiersin.org
Little is known about the integration of neural mechanisms for balance and locomotion.
Muscle synergies have been studied independently in standing balance and walking, but …

A neural circuitry that emphasizes spinal feedback generates diverse behaviours of human locomotion

S Song, H Geyer - The Journal of physiology, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Key points It is often assumed that central pattern generators, which generate rhythmic
patterns without rhythmic inputs, play a key role in the spinal control of human locomotion …

The case for and against muscle synergies

MC Tresch, A Jarc - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2009‏ - Elsevier
A long standing goal in motor control is to determine the fundamental output controlled by
the CNS: does the CNS control the activation of individual motor units, individual muscles …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and Parkinson's disease

A Pignolo, S Mastrilli, C Davì, V Arnao, P Aridon… - Nutrients, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble secosteroid, traditionally considered a key regulator of bone
metabolism, calcium and phosphorous homeostasis. Its action is made possible through the …

Alterations in upper limb muscle synergy structure in chronic stroke survivors

J Roh, WZ Rymer, EJ Perreault… - Journal of …, 2013‏ - journals.physiology.org
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 …