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Lateropulsion with active pushing in stroke patients: its link with lesion location and the perception of verticality. A systematic review.

Charlotte van der WaalElissa EmbrechtsRenata Loureiro-ChavesNick GebruersSteven TruijenWim Saeys
Published in: Topics in stroke rehabilitation (2022)
A complex brain network, rather than only one brain region, seems responsible for body control with respect to gravity. A disruption within this network might lead to a bias in the construction of a correct internal reference frame, crucial for perceiving verticality. There was an association of LwP with verticality misperception in all three modalities.
Keyphrases
  • resting state
  • white matter
  • functional connectivity
  • cerebral ischemia
  • blood brain barrier
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage