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ArticleMedicine2016

Delayed gait recovery with recovery of an injured corticoreticulospinal tract in a chronic hemiparetic patient: A case report.

Sung Ho Jang, Hyeok Gyu Kwon

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Article in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Sung Ho JangDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daemyungdong, Namku, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Hyeok Gyu Kwon

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Abstract

objectivesWe report on a chronic hemiparetic patient whose gait recovery was delayed until healing of an injured corticoreticulospinal tract (CRT), which was demonstrated on diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). CASE PRESENTATION: A 71-year-old female presented with complete paralysis of the right extremities resulting from a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. At 5 months after onset, when she was admitted for rehabilitation after undergoing rehabilitation at the previous university hospital, she presented with severe weakness of the right leg (manual muscle test: 0 ∼ 2- score) and could not even stand. She received comprehensive rehabilitative therapy for 32 months after the onset. Motor weakness of her right leg improved to the point that she was able to extend her knee on gravity-eliminated position at 11 months and against some resistance at 30 months after onset. She was able to walk independently at 30 months after onset.

resultsThe left CRT was discontinuous at the basal ganglia level on 5-month DTT. This discontinuation elongated to the cerebral cortex on 32-month DTT, whereas on 32-month DTT, the right CRT had become thicker compared with that on 5-month DTT.

conclusionsAn injured CRT healed in a patient who was able to walk independently after approximately 2 years of rehabilitation starting 5 months after the onset of intracerebral hemorrhage.

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AgedCerebral HemorrhageDiffusion Tensor ImagingFemaleGait Disorders, NeurologicHumansLegMuscle WeaknessParesisRecovery of Function

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PMID27861352
PMCPMC5120909

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