Neurological Principles and Rehabilitation of Action Disorders: Common Clinical Deficits

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Krishnankutty Sathian, Emory University; Laurel J. Buxbaum, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute; Leonardo G. Cohen, National Institutes of Health; John W. Krakauer, Johns Hopkins University; Catherine E. Lang, Washington University in St. Louis; Maurizio Corbetta, Washington University in St. Louis; Susan M. Fitzpatrick, James S. McDonnell Foundation
• Language: English
• Date: 2011-06-01
• Publisher: SAGE Publications (UK and US)
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2011, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968311410941
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
• ISSN: 1545-9683
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 5 Suppl
• Start Page: 21S
• End Page: 32S
• Keywords: Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Rehabilitation; LESIONS; STROKE; APRAXIA; RECOVERY; CEREBELLUM; Clinical Neurology; NATURALISTIC ACTION; MOVEMENT CONTROL; Neurosciences & Neurology; HAND; Science & Technology
• Research Categories: Psychology, Cognitive; Biology, Neuroscience

Abstract

In this chapter, the authors use the computation, anatomy, and physiology (CAP) principles to consider the impact of common clinical problems on action. They focus on 3 major syndromes: paresis, apraxia, and ataxia. They also review mechanisms that could account for spontaneous recovery, using what is known about the best-studied clinical dysfunction—paresis—and also ataxia. Together, this and the previous chapter lay the groundwork for the third chapter in this series, which reviews the relevant rehabilitative interventions.