November 25, 2008

Feature Article

• Berlowitz DR, Hoenig H, Cowper DC, Duncan PW, Vogel WB.  Impact of comorbidities on stroke rehabilitation outcomes: does the method matter?  Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Oct;89(10):1903-6. 
• Silverman AK, Fey NP, Portillo A, Walden JG, Bosker G, Neptune RR. Compensatory mechanisms in below-knee amputee gait in response to increasing steady-state walking speeds.  Gait & Posture 2008;28(4):602-9.

Motor Control

• Inzelberg R, Schechtman E, Hocherman S.  Visuo-motor coordination deficits and motor impairments in Parkinson's disease.  PLoS ONE. 2008;3(11):e3663. Epub 2008 Nov 6.
• Carvalho C, Willén C, Sunnerhagen KS.  Relationship between walking function and 1-legged bicycling test in subjects in the later stage post-stroke.  J Rehabil Med. 2008 Oct;40(9):721-6.
• Chastan N, Westby GW, Yelnik J, Bardinet E, Do MC, Agid Y, Welter ML.  Effects of nigral stimulation on locomotion and postural stability in patients with Parkinson's disease.  Brain. 2008 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print]
• Izawa J, Shadmehr R.  On-line processing of uncertain information in visuomotor control.  J Neurosci. 2008 Oct 29;28(44):11360-8.
• Franklin DW, Burdet E, Tee KP, Osu R, Chew CM, Milner TE, Kawato M. CNS learns stable, accurate, and efficient movements using a simple algorithm.  J Neurosci. 2008 Oct 29;28(44):11165-73.

Rehabilitation

• Khan F, Pallant JF, Brand C, Kilpatrick TJ.  Effectiveness of rehabilitation intervention in persons with multiple sclerosis: a randomised controlled trial.  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Nov;79(11):1230-5.
• Krarup LH, Truelsen T, Gluud C, Andersen G, Zeng X, Kõrv J, Oskedra A, Boysen G; ExStroke Pilot Trial Group.  Prestroke physical activity is associated with severity and long-term outcome from first-ever stroke.
  Neurology. 2008 Oct 21;71(17):1313-8.
• Riew KD, Buchowski JM, Sasso R, Zdeblick T, Metcalf NH, Anderson P. Cervical disc arthroplasty compared with arthrodesis for the treatment of myelopathy.  J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Nov;90(11):2354-64.
• Allet L, Armand S, de Bie RA, Golay A, Monnin D, Aminian K et al. Reliability of diabetic patients' gait parameters in a challenging environment.  Gait & Posture 2008;28(4):680-6.

 Clinical Neurophysiology

• Wrathall JR, Lytle JM.  Stem cells in spinal cord injury.  Dis Markers. 2008;24(4-5):239-50. Review.
  
• van Zundert B, Peuscher MH, Hynynen M, Chen A, Neve RL, Brown RH Jr, Constantine-Paton M, Bellingham MC.  Neonatal neuronal circuitry shows hyperexcitable disturbance in a mouse model of the adult-onset neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.  J Neurosci. 2008 Oct 22;28(43):10864-74.
• McPherson JG, Ellis MD, Heckman C, Dewald JP.  Evidence for increased activation of persistent inward currents in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke.  J Neurophysiol. 2008 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print]
• Szokol K, Glover JC, Perreault MC.  Differential origin of reticulospinal drive to motoneurons innervating trunk and hindlimb muscles in the mouse revealed by optical recording.  J Physiol. 2008 Nov 1;586(Pt 21):5259-76.

Technologies

• Krauledat M, Tangermann M, Blankertz B, Müller KR.  Towards zero training for brain-computer interfacing.  PLoS ONE. 2008 Aug 13;3(8):e2967.
• Edgerton VR, Roy RR.  Robotic training and spinal cord plasticity.  Brain Res Bull. 2008 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print]
• Laffont I, Guillon B, Fermanian C, Pouillot S, Even-Schneider A, Boyer F, Ruquet M, Aegerter P, Dizien O, Lofaso F.  Evaluation of a stair-climbing power wheelchair in 25 people with tetraplegia.  Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Oct;89(10):1958-64.