The role of the ipsilesional side in the rehabilitation of post-stroke subjects

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017-11

Authors

Augusta Silva (Author) Other; Andreia S. P. Sousa (Author) Other; Cláudia Costa Silva (Author) Other; Rubim Santos (Author) Other; João Manuel R. S. Tavares (Author) FEUP; Filipa Sousa (Author) FADEUP

Journal

Title: Somatosensory & Motor Research

Vol. 34 No. 3

Pages: 185-188

ISSN: 0899-0220

Publisher: INFORMA HEALTHCARE

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 3 Citations

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Health sciences

FOS: Engineering and technology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00N-81B

DOI: 10.1080/08990220.2017.1384721

Abstract (EN): Most stroke lesions occur in the middle cerebral artery territory, presenting a high probability of damage of pathways with predominant ipsilesional disposition, mainly related to postural control. Despite the high probability of bilateral postural control dysfunction based on neuroanatomical fundaments, both research and clinical rehabilitation involving stroke subjects have been focused on contralesional side (also named affected side) impairments, while ipsilesional side (also named non-affected side) impairments have been attributed to an adaptive strategy. This paper aims to present a critical understanding about the state-of-the-art that sustains the hypothesis that stroke subjects with middle cerebral artery territory lesion at the subcortical level show an atypical behaviour in the ipsilateral side associated with the lesion itself and the possible implications.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4