Association between Severe Upper Limb Spasticity and Brain Lesion Location in Stroke Patients

Association between the site of brain injury and poststroke spasticity is poorly understood. The present study investigated whether lesion analysis could document brain regions associated with the development of severe upper limb poststroke spasticity. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 39 ch...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Picelli, Stefano Tamburin, Francesca Gajofatto, Giampietro Zanette, Marialuigia Praitano, Leopold Saltuari, Claudio Corradini, Nicola Smania
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/162754