Impairments of the arm and hand are highly correlated during subacute stroke.

Journal: Journal of rehabilitation medicine
PMID: 37219403

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The classical description of poststroke upper limb impairment follows a proximalto-distal impairment gradient. Previous studies are equivocal on whether the hand is more impaired than the arm.

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  • Lydia N Reid
    Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. 15lnr@queensu.ca.
  • Sean P Dukelow
    Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
  • Stephen H Scott
    Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. steve.scott@queensu.ca.

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