CHOLLET

• WHAT DID CHOLLET ET AL STUDY?

  6 stroke patients via brain scans

  -> all lost and recovered movement in one hand

  • participants moved fingers of recovered hand in scan
  • blood flow increase seen in motor cortex of both hemispheres
  • suggest ipsilateral motor pathways play role in recovery of motor function after a stroke
  • brain recruits homologous areas during functional recovery
• WHAT DOES IPSILATERAL MEAN?

  same side
• EVALUATION OF CHOLLET ET AL?

  • useful
  • increased understanding of how brain adapts in functional recovery
  • contributed to the formation of neurorehabilitation therapy
  • real world application
  • can increase chances of functional recovery