Rethinking interhemispheric imbalance as a target for stroke neurorehabilitation.
Jing XuMeret BranscheidtHeidi SchambraLevke SteinerMario WidmerJörn DiedrichsenJeff GoldsmithMartin LindquistTomoko KitagoAndreas R LuftJohn W KrakauerPablo A Celniknull nullPublished in: Annals of neurology (2019)
These results suggest that interhemispheric imbalance is not a cause of poor motor recovery, but instead might be the consequence of underlying recovery processes. These findings call into question the rehabilitation strategy of attempting to rebalance interhemispheric interactions in order to improve motor recovery after stroke. Ann Neurol 2019;85:502-513.