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21576720

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-17
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to examine the dexterity of both lower extremities in patients with stroke. Twenty patients with stroke and 20 age-matched control subjects participated in this study. To determine the dexterity of the lower extremities, we examined the ability to control muscle force during submaximal contractions in the knee extensor muscles using a force tracking task. The root mean square errors were calculated from the difference between the target and response force. The root mean square error was significantly greater in the affected limb of patients with stroke compared with those of the unaffected limb and the control subjects, and in the unaffected limb compared with that of the control subjects. Furthermore, the root mean square error of the affected limb was related significantly to motor function as determined by Fugl-Myer assessment. These results demonstrate impairment of the dexterity of both the affected and the unaffected lower extremities in patients with stroke.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1065-8483
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The loss of dexterity in the bilateral lower extremities in patients with stroke.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't