Should stereotypic movement synergies in hemiparetic patients be considered adaptive?
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- open peer-commentary
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Vol. 19 (1) , 79-80
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x00041613
Abstract
The motor deficits observed in patients following some lesions of the central nervous system may be viewed as falling at one extreme of the continuum of possible motor behaviours. They are usually associated with an impaired ability to select and control specific movements from the available repertoire. Such movements may not be viewed as abnormal. However, it is unlikely that the primary motor deficits can all be considered adaptive.Keywords
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