Principles of Neurorehabilitation After Stroke Based on Motor Learning and Brain Plasticity Mechanisms

What are the principles underlying effective neurorehabilitation? The aim of neurorehabilitation is to exploit interventions based on human and animal studies about learning and adaptation, as well as to show that the activation of experience-dependent neuronal plasticity augments functional recovery after stroke. Instead of teaching compensatory strategies that do not reduce impairment but allow the patient to return home as soon as possible, functional recovery might be more sustainable as it ensures a long-term reduction in impairment and an improvement in quality of life. At the same time, neurorehabilitation permits the scientific community to collect valuable data, which allows inferring about the…

• H2
  Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

  Award: 641321
• EH
  EIT Health

  Award: 19277