Cortical Mechanisms Mediating Bilateral Interactions Between the Upper Limbs

每年有4万澳大利亚人遭受中风，许多幸存者留下了限制肢体功能的问题。随着住院治疗时间的缩短，中风后立即接受再培训的机会正在迅速减少。有效和高效的康复战略将最大限度地提高中风后的恢复水平，其益处体现在生活质量和功能寿命的提高，以及医疗保健费用的显著降低。在了解运动协调稳定性和适应性的基本原理后，本研究可能对上肢康复方案的设计做出重大贡献。

Each year 40,000 Australians suffer from stroke with many survivors left with problems that limit limb function. With reduced duration of hospital care, the opportunities for retraining in the period immediate following stroke are rapidly diminishing. Effective and efficient strategies of rehabilitation that will maximise the level of recovery following stroke will result in benefits expressed in terms of enhanced quality of life and functional life-span, as well as significantly reduced costs of health care. In understanding the fundamental principles underlying the stability and adaptability of movement coordination, this research is likely to make a significant contribution to the design of programs for rehabilitation of the upper limb.