Open AccessSimilar motor recovery of upper and lower extremities after stroke.
Author(s) -
Pamela W. Duncan,
Larry B. Goldstein,
Ronnie D. Horner,
Pamela B. Landsman,
G. Samsa,
David B. Matchar
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.25.6.1181
Subject(s) - medicine , upper limb , stroke (engine) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , lower limb , motor function , stroke recovery , physical therapy , repeated measures design , ischemic stroke , rehabilitation , surgery , cardiology , ischemia , engineering , mathematics , statistics , mechanical engineering
This study examined the validity of the clinical tenet that poststroke recovery of the upper extremity is less rapid and complete than poststroke recovery of the lower extremity. Previous studies comparing upper and lower extremity recovery have evaluated disability rather than motor impairment. Individuals with lower extremity impairments may be more functional and appear less disabled than individuals with upper extremity impairments. Function of the upper extremity requires finer motor control, for which the patient can less readily compensate. Therefore, impairments and disability would predictably be more highly correlated in this area. We tested the hypothesis that upper and lower extremity motor recovery are similar.
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