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Shear wave elastography to assess the effect of botulinum toxin on spastic dystonia following stroke
Download the open access original research article at this link Background: Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a method for carrying out a...
Leonardo Boccuni
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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Time to reconcile research findings and clinical practice on upper limb neurorehabilitation
You may download the full text of the article on Frontiers Neurology The problem. In the field of upper limb neurorehabilitation, the...
Leonardo Boccuni
Jul 18, 20222 min read
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Reliability of upper limb pin-prick stimulation with electroencephalography
Somatosensory impairments are often overlooked in neurological rehabilitation; a contributing factor could be the intrinsic difficulty of...
Leonardo Boccuni
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Novel insights into the effects of levodopa on the up- and downstrokes of writing sequences
Motor control of automatized and overlearned sequences, such as writing, is affected in Parkinson's disease (PD), impacting patients'...
Leonardo Boccuni
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Premotor dorsal white matter integrity for the prediction of upper limb motor impairment post stroke
Corticospinal tract integrity after stroke has been widely investigated through the evaluation of fibres descending from the primary...
Leonardo Boccuni
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Effectiveness of somatosensory interventions on somatosensory, motor and functional outcomes
Abstract Background: Research mainly focuses on motor recovery of the upper limb after stroke. Less attention has been paid to...
Leonardo Boccuni
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Mismatch between observed and perceived upper limb function: an eye-catching phenomenon after stroke
Purpose: To investigate the relation between observed and perceived upper limb motor function in patients with chronic stroke. Material...
Leonardo Boccuni
Jul 18, 20222 min read
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Is There Full or Proportional Somatosensory Recovery in the Upper Limb After Stroke?
Background: Proportional motor recovery in the upper limb has been investigated, indicating about 70% of the potential for recovery of...
Leonardo Boccuni
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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