ArticleClinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology2018
Finger strength, individuation, and their interaction: Relationship to hand function and corticospinal tract injury after stroke.
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- Effects of Brain-Computer Interface-Controlled Hand Robot Training on Post-Stroke Recovery of Upper Limb Motor Functions: A Meta-Analysis of Dose-Matched Randomized Controlled Trials.Brain sciences · 2026Review
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- Three-dimensional assessment of finger individuation reveals finger- and joint-specific selective motor control deficits in pediatric cerebral palsy.Research square · 2025Article
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- Diffusion tensor imaging assessments to investigate motor impairment recovery after minor basal ganglia hemorrhage post-stereotactic surgery.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- An interactive soft robotic hand-task training system with wireless task boards and daily objects on post-stroke rehabilitation.Wearable technologies · 2025Article
- An ANN models cortical-subcortical interaction during post-stroke recovery of finger dexterity.Journal of neural engineering · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of mixed reality-based rehabilitation on hands and fingers by individual finger-movement tracking in patients with stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Evolution, biomechanics, and neurobiology converge to explain selective finger motor control.Physiological reviews · 2024Review
- Development and Validation of a Bedside Scale for Assessing Upper Limb Function Following Stroke: A Methodological Study.F1000Research · 2024Article
- Quantifying Hand Strength and Isometric Pinch Individuation Using a Flexible Pressure Sensor Grid.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Quantitative assessments of finger individuation with an instrumented glove.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Characterization of the influence of the dominant tract on hand closing post stroke based on the Fugl-Meyer score.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Opportunities for Improving Motor Assessment and Rehabilitation After Stroke by Leveraging Video-Based Pose Estimation.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe goal of this study was to determine the relative contributions of finger weakness and reduced finger individuation to reduced hand function after stroke, and their association with corticospinal tract (CST) injury.
methodsWe measured individuated and synergistic maximum voluntary contractions (MVCs) of the index and middle fingers, in both flexion and extension, of 26 individuals with a chronic stroke using a robotic exoskeleton. We quantified finger strength and individuation, and defined a novel metric that combines them - "multifinger capacity". We used stepwise linear regression to identify which measure best predicted hand function (Box and Blocks Test, Nine Hole Peg Test) and arm impairment (the Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer Test).
resultsCompared to metrics of strength or individuation, capacity survived the stepwise regression as the strongest predictor of hand function and arm impairment. Capacity was also most strongly related to presence or absence of lesion overlap with the CST.
conclusionsReduced strength and individuation combine to shrink the space of achievable finger torques, and it is the resulting size of this space - the multifinger capacity - that is of elevated importance for predicting loss of hand function. SIGNIFICANCE: Multi-finger capacity may be an important target for rehabilitative hand training.
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