title: Game motivated and constraint induced therapy in late stroke with FMRI studies pre and post therapy.
abstract: 20 patients with stroke more than one year earlier were evaluated, admitted to a novel therapy including constraint-induced and computer game-motivated therapy. Statistically significant improvements after 4 weeks of late therapy were seen in all 20 patients on nine out of eleven quantified clinical evaluation scales. The patients looked forward to and enjoyed the therapy. These same late stroke patients were studied via fMRI BOLD immediately before therapy and post therapy. fMRI BOLD studies confirm brain functional reorganization; 3 of the 20 fMRI cases are presented here. We propose that fMRI can help in the process of designing effective stroke therapy programs based on biological principles of brain plasticity.
authors.forename: Joaquin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Azpiroz
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: Marisela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cerrato
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leder
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Perla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salgado