ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2019
Movement kinematics and proprioception in post-stroke spasticity: assessment using the Kinarm robotic exoskeleton.
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- Technology-assisted assessment of spasticity: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- Correlation Between Proprioceptive Impairment and Motor Deficits After Stroke: A Meta-Analysis Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
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- Recent Advances in Sensor-Based Upper-Limb and Hand Exoskeletons for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Technical and Biomedical Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Disrupted proprioceptive timing estimates contribute to upper limb motor impairment in chronic stroke.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- Reducing robotic upper-limb assessment time while maintaining precision: a time series foundation model approach.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Assessing age-related proprioceptive changes through active and passive tasks: implications for stroke assessment.Journal of neural engineering · 2025Article
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- The independence of impairments in proprioception and visuomotor adaptation after stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Transforming modeling in neurorehabilitation: clinical insights for personalized rehabilitation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Reoptimization of single-joint motor patterns to non-Earth gravity torques induced by a robotic exoskeleton.iScience · 2023Article
- Validating the measurement of upper limb sensorimotor behavior utilizing a tablet in neurologically intact controls and individuals with chronic stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Design and Development of a Spherical 5-Bar Thumb Exoskeleton Mechanism for Poststroke Rehabilitation.Journal of medical devices · 2023Article
- The use of machine learning and deep learning techniques to assess proprioceptive impairments of the upper limb after stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Predictors of high dose of massed practice following stroke.Translational neuroscience · 2022Article
- Assessing visually guided reaching in people with multiple sclerosis with and without self-reported upper limb impairment.PloS one · 2022Article
- Reverse Visually Guided Reaching in Patients with Parkinson's Disease.Parkinson's disease · 2022Article
- Effect of post-stroke spasticity on voluntary movement of the upper limb.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Somatosensory deafferentation reveals lateralized roles of proprioception in feedback and adaptive feedforward control of movement and posture.Current opinion in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundMotor impairment after stroke interferes with performance of everyday activities. Upper limb spasticity may further disrupt the movement patterns that enable optimal function; however, the specific features of these altered movement patterns, which differentiate individuals with and without spasticity, have not been fully identified. This study aimed to characterize the kinematic and proprioceptive deficits of individuals with upper limb spasticity after stroke using the Kinarm robotic exoskeleton.
methodsUpper limb function was characterized using two tasks: Visually Guided Reaching, in which participants moved the limb from a central target to 1 of 4 or 1 of 8 outer targets when cued (measuring reaching function) and Arm Position Matching, in which participants moved the less-affected arm to mirror match the position of the affected arm (measuring proprioception), which was passively moved to 1 of 4 or 1 of 9 different positions. Comparisons were made between individuals with (n = 35) and without (n = 35) upper limb post-stroke spasticity.
resultsStatistically significant differences in affected limb performance between groups were observed in reaching-specific measures characterizing movement time and movement speed, as well as an overall metric for the Visually Guided Reaching task. While both groups demonstrated deficits in proprioception compared to normative values, no differences were observed between groups. Modified Ashworth Scale score was significantly correlated with these same measures.
conclusionsThe findings indicate that individuals with spasticity experience greater deficits in temporal features of movement while reaching, but not in proprioception in comparison to individuals with post-stroke motor impairment without spasticity. Temporal features of movement can be potential targets for rehabilitation in individuals with upper limb spasticity after stroke.
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