Is training with a focus on motor learning effective in improving body coordination in chronic post stroke patients?

Abstract

The central tenet in stroke rehabilitation is motor training which includes the interlimb coordination. Several studies robustly demonstrate that the learning of new motor skills is not abolished by stroke. Training of an unfamiliar skill task using either their hemiparetic or non-hemiparetic limbs represents a strategy to improve fine motor function in chronic stroke. We hypothesized that training with a focus on motor learning which includes coordination of all limbs, would be effective in improving motor coordination in patients.