ArticleBrain sciences2016
Long-Term Plasticity in Reflex Excitability Induced by Five Weeks of Arm and Leg Cycling Training after Stroke.
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- Exploiting cervicolumbar connections enhances short-term spinal cord plasticity induced by rhythmic movement.Experimental brain research · 2019Article
- Effect of ankle stretching combined with arm cycling on the improvement of calf muscle stiffness in patients with stroke: a pilot study.Journal of physical therapy science · 2018Article
- Sherlock Holmes and the curious case of the human locomotor central pattern generator.Journal of neurophysiology · 2018Review
- Unilateral wrist extension training after stroke improves strength and neural plasticity in both arms.Experimental brain research · 2018Article
- Rhythmic arm cycling training improves walking and neurophysiological integrity in chronic stroke: the arms can give legs a helping hand in rehabilitation.Journal of neurophysiology · 2018Article
- Benign Effect of Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field on Brain Plasticity Assessed by Nitric Oxide Metabolism during Poststroke Rehabilitation.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2017Article
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Abstract
Neural connections remain partially viable after stroke, and access to these residual connections provides a substrate for training-induced plasticity. The objective of this project was to test if reflex excitability could be modified with arm and leg (A & L) cycling training. Nineteen individuals with chronic stroke (more than six months postlesion) performed 30 min of A & L cycling training three times a week for five weeks. Changes in reflex excitability were inferred from modulation of cutaneous and stretch reflexes. A multiple baseline (three pretests) within-subject control design was used. Plasticity in reflex excitability was determined as an increase in the conditioning effect of arm cycling on soleus stretch reflex amplitude on the more affected side, by the index of modulation, and by the modulation ratio between sides for cutaneous reflexes. In general, A & L cycling training induces plasticity and modifies reflex excitability after stroke.
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