title: Impaired visuo-motor skills in the unaffected lower limb of patients with stroke.
abstract: To study the motor skills of the unaffected lower limb of patients with stroke, the visuo-motor skills of the unaffected lower limb in patients with stroke was compared with those in healthy control subjects using a computerized motor skill analyzer that calculated the accuracy in the tracking task in terms of lap time and trajectory error. Trajectory errors in the task by the unaffected lower limb in the patients with stroke were significantly greater than those in the lower limb of healthy control subjects. These results suggest that patients with stroke have impaired visuo-motor skills of the unaffected lower limb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University Kagoshima, Japan. louisak@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahira
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimodozono
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Etoh
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Showzou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsujio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*