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Cortical activation changes and improved motor function in stroke patients after focal spasticity therapy– an interventional study applying repeated fMRI

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Title
Cortical activation changes and improved motor function in stroke patients after focal spasticity therapy– an interventional study applying repeated fMRI
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BMC Neurology, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12883-015-0306-4
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Ulla Bergfeldt, Tomas Jonsson, Lennart Bergfeldt, Per Julin

Abstract

Impaired dominant hand function in stroke patients is a common clinical problem. Functional improvement after focal spasticity therapy is well documented but knowledge about central correlates is sparse. Brain activity was therefore followed during therapy with repeated functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The purpose was to analyse motor function and central nervous system (CNS) correlates in response to a standardized motor task in stroke patients after a comprehensive focal spasticity therapy. Six consecutive first-time chronic stroke patients [4 women; mean age (SD) 66 (10) years] with right-sided hand paresis and spasticity were studied. Peripheral effects after focal spasticity management including intramuscular botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) injections were assessed on 3 occasions (baseline, 6 and 12 weeks) with functional tests. Brain effects were assessed on the same occasions by fMRI blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) technique during a standardized motor task focusing on the motor and pre-motor cortex (Brodmann areas, BA4a, BA4p & BA6). For reference 10 healthy individuals [5 women; mean age (SD) of 51(8) years], were studied twice with ≥ 6 weeks interval. After therapy there was a significant reduction in spasticity and functional improvement in 5 of 6 patients. In response to the motor task there was a ~1.5 - 3% increase in brain activity in the motor and pre-motor cortex. At baseline, this increase was larger in the non-injured (ipsilateral) than in the contralateral hemisphere. Compared with healthy subjects the patients showed a significantly (2-4.5 times) higher brain activity, especially on the ipsilateral side. After therapy, there was a larger decrease in the ipsilateral and a minor decrease in the contralateral response, i.e. a clear lateralization of left-to-right in a normalizing direction in all areas. Comprehensive focal spasticity management was also in this study associated with brain reorganization in a "normalizing" left/right lateralization direction in addition to improved motor function. Furthermore, quantification of BOLD intensity in specified BAs showed reduced neuronal "over-activity" in the injured brain after therapy.

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Country Count As %
Hong Kong 1 <1%
Singapore 1 <1%
Unknown 103 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 16 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 12%
Student > Bachelor 11 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 10%
Student > Postgraduate 6 6%
Other 22 21%
Unknown 27 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 33 31%
Neuroscience 11 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 10%
Psychology 4 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 13 12%
Unknown 31 30%
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