Recovery of Impaired Motor Function of the Upper Extremity after Stroke.

Nakamura, Ryuichi; Moriyama, Sanae; Yamada, Yoshio; Seki, Kazunori

doi:10.1620/tjem.168.11

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“…25 A higher score indicates a higher level of recovery. The manual function test assesses the degree of motor skill disability of the affected upper limb 26 and includes 4 items for arm exercise and 4 items for hand exercise. A score of 1 point was awarded when a test is performed successfully, and the total possible score was 32.…”

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Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation with Mirror Therapy on Upper Extremity Motor Function in Poststroke Patients

Kim

Lee

Song

2014

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

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Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation with Mirror Therapy on Upper Extremity Motor Function in Poststroke Patients

Kim

Lee

Song

2014

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

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“…Main outcome measures were hand motor function evaluated by Brunnstrom's protocol (13), as well as the Stroke Impairment Assessment Set (SIAS) (14), Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) (15) and Manual Function Test (MFT) (16). The SIAS assesses various aspects of impairment in patients with hemiplegia, including motor function, muscle tone, sensory function, range of motion, pain, trunk function, visuospatial function, speech, and intact-side function in terms of wellestablished psychometric properties (14).…”

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“…The MFT, an instrument for assessing motor function of the affected upper extremity in stroke patients according to well-established psychometric properties, is composed of 8 subtests; forward elevation of the arm, lateral elevation of the arm, touching the occiput with the palm, touching the back with the palm, grasping, pinching, carrying cubes, and peg-board manipulations. Ratings could range from 0 (severely impaired) to 32 points (full function) (16). Both affected and unaffected sides were assessed.…”

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation synchronized with maximal movement effort of the hemiplegic hand after stroke: A double-blinded controlled pilot study

Izumi¹,

Kondo²,

Shindo³

2008

Acta Derm Venereol

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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation synchronized with maximal effort to make a target movement in patients with chronic hemiplegia involving the hand. Design: Non-randomized double-blinded controlled trial. Subjects: Nine chronic patients with hemiplegia who were unable to fully extend the affected fingers following stroke. Methods: Patients were assigned to receive 100 pulses of active or sham transcranial magnetic stimulation of the affected hemisphere per session. Each active or sham pulse was delivered during maximal effort at thumb and finger extension as a target movement. A blinded rater assessed stroke impairments at baseline, immediately after, and one week after 4 weekly transcranial magnetic stimulation sessions. Motor evoked potential amplitudes were measured at each session. Results: All sessions were completed without adverse effects. Immediately after the fourth transcranial magnetic stimulation session, 4 of 5 patients in the active transcranial magnetic stimulation group (80%) had either reduced wrist flexor spasticity or improved manual performance; no such change occurred in the sham group (Fisher's exact test, p < 0.05). Effects persisted one week later. In the active transcranial magnetic stimulation group, 3 patients who showed an increase in motor evoked potential amplitudes all had improvement in clinical assessments. Conclusion: Transcranial magnetic stimulation synchronized with maximum effort to make a target movement improved hand motor function in patients with chronic hemiplegia.

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“…Among these the CAHAI evaluates bimanual activities, while the others deal with unilateral activities. Although various impairment scales exist for hemiplegia such as the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (Fugl-Meyer Recovery of the affected limbs has been recorded or predicted quantitatively using the MFT (Nakamura et al 1992). However, normative data of the MFT have not been established.…”

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The Manual Function Test: Norms for 20- to 90-Year-Olds and Effects of Age, Gender, and Hand Dominance on Dexterity

Michimata

Kondo

Suzukamo

et al. 2008

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability. Accurate assessment of motor function is important for documenting disability and the effectiveness of rehabilitative treatment. The Manual Function Test (MFT) was developed to evaluate unilateral manual performance in hemiparetic patients after stroke. This test consists of eight items, including the pegboard task, an item assessing dexterity. The total MFT score can range from 0 (severely impaired) to 32 (full function). We sought to determine normative data and explore infl uences of age, gender, and hand dominance. Three-hundred thirty-three healthy adult subjects between 20 and 90 years old were studied. Total MFT scores showed negative relationship to age. Compared with subjects in their 20s, those 50 or more years old had lower total MFT scores for dominant hands, as did those 40 or more years old for nondominant hands. For subjects in their 30s and 50s, total MFT scores for women were greater than for men concerning nondominant hands. No such gender difference in total MFT scores was noted for dominant hands. In the pegboard test, the number of pegs achieved for dominant hands was related to age when age was 50 or over, and when age 40 or over for nondominant hands. However, rates of decline in numbers of pegs achieved were similar between hands. In determining MFT norms, total score and items testing dexterity were infl uenced by age, gender, and hand dominance. normative data; aging; gender; dexterity; hemiplegia.Tohoku

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Recovery of Impaired Motor Function of the Upper Extremity after Stroke.

Cited by 32 publications

References 9 publications

Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation with Mirror Therapy on Upper Extremity Motor Function in Poststroke Patients

Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation with Mirror Therapy on Upper Extremity Motor Function in Poststroke Patients

Transcranial magnetic stimulation synchronized with maximal movement effort of the hemiplegic hand after stroke: A double-blinded controlled pilot study

The Manual Function Test: Norms for 20- to 90-Year-Olds and Effects of Age, Gender, and Hand Dominance on Dexterity

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