title: Poor motor function is associated with reduced sensory processing after stroke.
abstract: The possibility to regain motor function after stroke depends on the intactness of motor and sensory pathways. In this study, we evaluated afferent sensory pathway information transfer and processing after stroke with the coherence between cortical activity and a position perturbation (position-cortical coherence, PCC). Eleven subacute stroke survivors participated in this study. Subjects performed a motor task with the affected and non-affected arm while continuous wrist position perturbations were applied. Cortical activity was measured using EEG. PCC was calculated between position perturbation and EEG at the contralateral and ipsilateral sensorimotor area. The presence of PCC was quantified as the number of frequencies where PCC is larger than zero across the sensorimotor area. All subjects showed significant contralateral PCC in affected and non-affected wrist tasks. Subjects with poor motor function had a reduced presence of contralateral PCC compared with subjects with good motor function in the affected wrist tasks. Amplitude of significant PCC did not differ between subjects with good and poor motor function. Our results show that poor motor function is associated with reduced sensory pathway information transfer and processing in subacute stroke subjects. Position-cortical coherence may provide additional insight into mechanisms of recovery of motor function after stroke.
authors: Department of Biomechanical Engineering, MIRA Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands, s.f.campfens@alumnus.utwente.nl.
authors: S Floor
authors: SF
authors: Campfens
authors: Sarah B
authors: SB
authors: Zandvliet
authors: Carel G M
authors: CG
authors: Meskers
authors: Alfred C
authors: AC
authors: Schouten
authors: Michel J A M
authors: MJ
authors: van Putten
authors: Herman
authors: H
authors: van der Kooij
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004569:Electroencephalography; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D014953:Wrist / Q000294:innervation*
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