Title |
Bimanual training in stroke: How do coupling and symmetry-breaking matter?
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Published in |
BMC Neurology, January 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2377-11-11 |
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Authors |
Rita Sleimen-Malkoun, Jean-Jacques Temprado, Laurent Thefenne, Eric Berton |
Abstract |
The dramatic consequences of stroke on patient autonomy in daily living activities urged the need for new reliable therapeutic strategies. Recently, bimanual training has emerged as a promising tool to improve the functional recovery of upper-limbs in stroke patients. However, who could benefit from bimanual therapy and how it could be used as a part of a more complete rehabilitation protocol remain largely unknown. A possible reason explaining this situation is that coupling and symmetry-breaking mechanisms, two fundamental principles governing bimanual behaviour, have been largely under-explored in both research and rehabilitation in stroke. |
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