Abstract:Introduction:
Peripheral sensory stimulation (PSS) administered for 2 hours prior to intensive task-oriented motor training delivered for 4 hours, over 10 days, leads to clinically significant benefits in subjects with stroke and moderate to severe upper limb motor impairment, compared to sham PSS. Whether similar results can be obtained with less intensive training programs remains to be determined.
Methods:
Twenty subjects with stroke in the chronic p… Show more
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