Neurorehabilitation - To Facilitate or to Impede

Abstract

Brain disorders resulting from pathological conditions such as CVA, Parkinson, Down's syndrome, traumatic brain injury, and CP are common. These pathologies, frequently effects the function of upper and lower limbs causing spasticity, atrophy and difficulties to move hand and leg, thus affecting the upper limb trajectories and ability to grasp, grip, reach, manipulate objects, and affecting the lower limb trajectories and ability to step up and down, walk, and kick a ball.