ArticleJournal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2000
Value of somatosensory and motor evoked potentials in predicting arm recovery after a stroke.
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- Brain-computer interface for upper limb functional recovery post-stroke: a meta-analysis of improvement in upper limb motor function and changes in neurophysiological markers.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
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- Use of peripheral electrical stimulation on healthy individual and patients after stroke and its effects on the somatosensory evoked potentials. A systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Spinal cord stimulation for upper limb motor function in people with chronic post-stroke hemiparesis: a feasibility trial.Nature medicine · 2026Trial
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- Upper Extremity Motor Evoked Potentials and Hand Function in Elderly Stroke Survivors: A Correlational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- TMS assessment of corticospinal tract integrity after stroke: broadening the concept to inform neurorehabilitation prescription.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- The Evolution of Hand Proprioceptive and Motor Impairments in the Sub-Acute Phase After Stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2023Article
- Temporary Occlusion of Common Carotid Arteries Does Not Evoke Total Inhibition in the Activity of Corticospinal Tract Neurons in Experimental Conditions.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Longitudinal prediction of motor dysfunction after stroke: a disconnectome study.Brain structure & function · 2022Article
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation implementation on stroke prognosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Review
- Biomarkers for prognostic functional recovery poststroke: A narrative review.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
- The Evoked Potential Score for SSEP and BAEP-A Prognostic Marker for the Long-Term Neurological Outcome in Patients after Poor-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Machine-Learning-Based Rehabilitation Prognosis Prediction in Patients with Ischemic Stroke Using Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrediction of motor recovery in the arm in patients with stroke is generally based on clinical examination. However, neurophysiological measures may also have a predictive value. The aims of this study were to assess the role of somatosensory (SSEPs) and motor (MEPs) evoked potentials in the prediction of arm motor recovery and to determine whether these measures added further predictive information to that gained from clinical examination.
methodsSixty four patients who had had a stroke and presented with obvious motor deficit of the arm were examined in terms of three clinical variables (motor performance, muscle tone, and overall disability) and for SSEPs and MEPs. Clinical and neurophysiological examinations were done at entry to the study (2 to 5 weeks poststroke), and at about 2 months after stroke. Further clinical follow up was conducted at 6 and 12 months after stroke.
resultsNeurophysiological measures made in the acute phase were of little use alone in predicting motor recovery of the arm at 2, 6, and 12 months after stroke. At 2 months, the absence of SSEPs and MEPs indicated a very poor outcome. Conversely, if the responses were preserved, a great variation in motor outcome was found. Multiple regression analysis showed that the addition of SSEPs and MEPs to the clinical examination increased the possibility of predicting arm recovery in the long term. In the acute phase, the combination of the motor score and SSEPs were best able to predict outcome. The long term outcome based on variables taken at 2 months, was best predicted through incorporating the three clinical measures and MEPs.
conclusionsNeurophysiological measures alone are of limited value in predicting long term outcome. However, predictive accuracy is substantially improved through the combined use of both of these measures and clinical variables.
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