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Selective Activation of Human Finger Muscles after Stroke or Amputation

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Progress in Motor Control

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 629))

Abstract

Individuated finger movements of the human hand require selective activation of particular sets of muscles. Such selective activation is controlled primarily by the motor cortex via the corticospinal tract. Is this selectivity therefore lost when lesions damage the corticospinal tract? Or when the motor cortex reorganizes after amputation?

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Schieber, M.H., Lang, C.E., Reilly, K.T., McNulty, P., Sirigu, A. (2009). Selective Activation of Human Finger Muscles after Stroke or Amputation. In: Sternad, D. (eds) Progress in Motor Control. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 629. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77064-2_30

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