Neural Regeneration Research ›› 2015, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (8): 1195-1197.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.162689

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A case to be made: theoretical and empirical arguments for the need to consider fatigue in post-stroke motor rehabilitation

Annette Sterr, Leonardo Furlan   

  1. School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (Sterr A, Furlan L)
    Department of Neurology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Sterr A)
  • Received:2015-05-29 Online:2015-08-24 Published:2015-08-24
  • Contact: Annette Sterr, Ph.D., a.sterr@surrey.ac.uk.
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the MRC, UK (G0200128, awarded to AS) and the CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education, Brazil (BEX 0996/14-9, awarded to LF).

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Abstract:

A case to be made: theoretical and empirical arguments for the need to consider fatigue in post-stroke motor rehabilitation
Rehabilitation after stroke is essential and represents an important part of the global stroke challenge. Upper limb hemiparesis after stroke is a major problem for both patients and clinicians. Evidence-based practice suggests that constraint-induced movement therapy (CI therapy) is a very effective training-based treatment for upper limb hemiparesis. However, the signature CI therapy protocol requires relatively good levels of residual motor capacity, and is hence not easily applicable to the full range of stroke survivors. Prof. Annette Sterr (University of Surrey, UK) considered that for the past few years, this has prompted investigators to deliver modified versions of the original CI therapy protocol (modified CI therapy), in an attempt to increase the number of stroke survivors that could benefit from this intervention.