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Minimal forced use without constraint stimulates spontaneous use of the impaired upper extremity following motor cortex injury

Authors: Warren G. Darling, Marc A. Pizzimenti, Diane L. Rotella, Stephanie M. Hynes, Jizhi Ge, Kimberly S. Stilwell-Morecraft, Tyler Vanadurongvan, David W. McNeal, Kathryn M. Solon-Cline, Robert J. Morecraft

Published in: Experimental Brain Research | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine if recovery of neurologically impaired hand function following isolated motor cortex injury would occur without constraint of the non-impaired limb, and without daily forced use of the impaired limb. Nine monkeys (Macaca mulatta) received neurosurgical lesions of various extents to arm representations of motor cortex in the hemisphere contralateral to the preferred hand. After the lesion, no physical constraints were placed on the ipsilesional arm/hand and motor testing was carried out weekly with a maximum of 40 attempts in two fine motor tasks that required use of the contralesional hand for successful food acquisition. These motor tests were the only “forced use” of the contralesional hand. We also tested regularly for spontaneous use of the contralesional hand in a fine motor task in which either hand could be used for successful performance. This minimal intervention was sufficient to induce recovery of the contralesional hand to such a functional level that eight of the monkeys chose to use that hand on some trials when either hand could be used. Percentage use of the contralesional hand (in the task when either hand could be used) varied considerably among monkeys and was not related to lesion volume or recovery of motor skill. These data demonstrate a remarkable capacity for recovery of spontaneous use of the impaired hand following localized frontal lobe lesions. Clinically, these observations underscore the importance of therapeutic intervention to inhibit the induction of the learned nonuse phenomenon after neurological injury.

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Title: Minimal forced use without constraint stimulates spontaneous use of the impaired upper extremity following motor cortex injury
Authors: Warren G. Darling
Marc A. Pizzimenti
Diane L. Rotella
Stephanie M. Hynes
Jizhi Ge
Kimberly S. Stilwell-Morecraft
Tyler Vanadurongvan
David W. McNeal
Kathryn M. Solon-Cline
Robert J. Morecraft
Publication date: 01-05-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Experimental Brain Research / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0014-4819
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2157-y

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