Involuntary contralateral upper extremity muscle activation pattern during unilateral pinch grip following stroke |
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| Authors: | Na Jin Seo |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of IT Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea;2. LAMIH, CNRS FRE 3304, Univ. Lille Nord de France, UVHC, F-59313, Valenciennes, France;1. Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;2. Department of Occupational Health and Ergonomics, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;3. Tabriz Health Service Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;1. Outpatient Occupational Therapy Services, Lutheran Hospital and Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio;2. Shands Hand and Upper Extremity Therapy at University of Florida & Shands Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Institute, 3450 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida 32607 |
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| Abstract: | Study designRepeated measures design.IntroductionMirror activity refers to emergence of motion not only in the intended, but also in the contralateral limb.PurposeTo characterize post-stroke mirror activities across multiple muscles during unilateral pinch.MethodsChronic stroke survivors performed unilateral pinch grip using the paretic and nonparetic hand, while four muscles' EMGs were recorded for both hands.ResultsDuring the paretic hand grip, the relaxed nonparetic hand showed mirror activity that was more pronounced for the intrinsic (FDI and thenar eminence) than extrinsic muscles (FDS and EDC). During the nonparetic hand grip, mirror activity in the paretic hand was suppressed for the intrinsic than extrinsic muscles.ConclusionChronic stroke survivors' relaxed hand did not mirror the task hand's muscle activation pattern, but displayed altered muscle activation patterns depending on muscles and sides, possibly mediated by disturbed interhemispheric inhibition and relative reliance on corticospinal tracts among muscles.Level of evidenceN/A. |
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