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Identifying the role of the reticulospinal tract for strength and motor recovery: A scoping review of nonhuman and human studies.
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- Corticospinal, reticulospinal and motoneuronal contributions to fatigability during a sustained contraction of the elbow flexors.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
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- Neurorehabilitation and Functional Improvement in Joubert Syndrome: A 12-Month Case Report.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Medullary and C3-C4 propriospinal pathways underlying mammalian forelimb movement control.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Leveraging neural drive to assess hand motor function in individuals with chronic stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Neuromuscular mechanisms for the fast decline in rate of force development with muscle disuse - a narrative review.The Journal of physiology · 2026Review
- A narrative review of motor control dual pathways: the corticospinal and reticulospinal tracts in synergy and differentiation.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2026Review
- Involvement of the reticulospinal tract in the pathogenesis of spasticity after stroke and spinal cord injury.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Mapping reticulospinal drive across various muscles of the upper and lower extremities.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Reticulospinal and corticospinal responses in long-term strength-trained and untrained adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Reticulospinal modulation of muscle activation and electromechanical coupling: evidence from the StartReact paradigm.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Excitation-inhibition imbalance in the motor control network: a key factor in post-stroke spasticity.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
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Abstract
In addition to the established postural control role of the reticulospinal tract (RST), there has been an increasing interest on its involvement in strength, motor recovery, and other gross motor functions. However, there are no reviews that have systematically assessed the overall motor function of the RST. Therefore, we aimed to determine the role of the RST underpinning motor function and recovery. We performed a literature search using Ovid Medline, Embase, CINAHL Plus, and Scopus to retrieve papers using key words for RST, strength, and motor recovery. Human and animal studies which assessed the role of RST were included. Studies were screened and 32 eligible studies were included for the final analysis. Of these, 21 of them were human studies while the remaining were on monkeys and rats. Seven experimental animal studies and four human studies provided evidence for the involvement of the RST in motor recovery, while two experimental animal studies and eight human studies provided evidence for strength gain. The RST influenced gross motor function in two experimental animal studies and five human studies. Overall, the RST has an important role for motor recovery, gross motor function and at least in part, underpins strength gain. The role of RST for strength gain in healthy people and its involvement in spasticity in a clinical population has been limitedly described. Further studies are required to ascertain the role of the RST's role in enhancing strength and its contribution to the development of spasticity.
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