Ipsilesional Arm Motor Sequence Performance After Right and Left Hemisphere Damage |
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| Authors: | Flávia Priscila de Paiva Silva Sandra Maria Sbeghen Ferreira de Freitas Priscila Viana Silva Renata Morales Banjai |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Master's and Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de S?o Paulo (UNICID), Brazil;2. School of Physical Therapy, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí (UNIVáS), Pouso Alegre, Brazil;3. School of Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de S?o Paulo (UNICID), Brazil;4. School of Physical Therapy, Universidade Santa Cecília (UNISANTA), Santos, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Aiming movements are part of daily activities but the brain hemispheres’ role in targeted aiming sequential movements is not fully clear. Start and execution of discrete and sequential tasks toward targets were analyzed in 10 individuals with left-hemisphere damage, 10 right-hemisphere–damaged, and 10 healthy ones. Arm movements were performed over a digitizing tablet, following stimuli on a monitor, from initial position toward right and left-positioned targets. Poststroke individuals used their ipsilesional arm and healthy individuals, both arms. Right-hemisphere–damaged individuals showed higher reaction time and left-hemisphere–damaged individuals, lower smoothness. Due to spatial demand of tasks, the right hemisphere played a major role in movement planning, while the left, in movement execution. |
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| Keywords: | lateralization motor performance planning rapid aiming movements |
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