THE RESTORATION OF MOTOR FUNCTION FOLLOWING HEMIPLEGIA IN MAN
THE RESTORATION OF MOTOR FUNCTION FOLLOWING HEMIPLEGIA IN MAN
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DOI:
10.1093/brain/74.4.443
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发表时间:
1951-01-01
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影响因子:
14.5
通讯作者:
TWITCHELL, TE
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作者:
TWITCHELL, TE
The series included 121 patients, all except 3 suffering from hemiplegia caused by thrombosis or embolism of one of the cerebral blood vessels. Observations were made on 25 of these patients from the time of admission to a point where a comparatively stable condition was reached. During motor function recovery there is a regular sequence of flex changes, each of which was associated with a corresponding increase in ability for willed movement The process of recovery may become arrested at any stage in this sequence. After the initial phase of depression of all motor function, the proprioceptive responses became abnormally active, but did not constitute a simple entity. They were modified and conditioned by other factors, such as stretch on associated muscles, the position of the patient''s head in relation to the body, and the position of the body in relation to the supporting surface. As recovery proceeded the more elementary proprioceptive responses became subordinated to special extero-ceptive stimulation. Voluntary movement appeared as a further facilitation of the responses at each stage. It is not a separate entity, but from its first appearance it took the form of conditioned proprioceptive and contactual responses.