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Altered bilateral muscle synergies after stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Alan M. Wing
Affiliation:
MBC Applied Psychology Unit, and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2EF, England
Stephen Kirker
Affiliation:
Lewin Rehabilitation Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2EF, UK. alan.wing@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk
John R. Jenner
Affiliation:
Lewin Rehabilitation Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2EF, UK. alan.wing@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk

Abstract

Using movement disorders to understand the central nervous system's goals for motor behaviour may be easier in neurological models with a focal lesion of sudden onset, because the distinction between primary and adaptive changes may be clearer than in slowly progressive and/or diffuse neurological disease.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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