Background: Motor deficits after a stroke are thought to be compounded by the development of asymmetric interhemispheric inhibition. Bilateral priming was developed to rebalance this asymmetry and thus improve therapy efficacy.
Objective: This study investigated the effect of bilateral priming before Wii-based Movement Therapy to improve rehabilitation after stroke.
Methods: Ten patients who had suffered a stroke (age, 23-77 years; 3-123 months after stroke) underwent a 14-day program of Wii-based Movement Therapy for upper limb rehabilitation. Formal Wii-based Movement Therapy sessions were immediately preceded by 15 minutes of bilateral priming, whereby active flexion-extension of the less affected wrist drove mirror-symmetric passive movements of the more affected wrist through a custom device. Functional movement was assessed at weeks 0 (before therapy), 3 (after therapy), and 28 (follow-up) using the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT), upper limb Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), upper limb range of motion, and Motor Activity Log (MAL). Case-matched controls were patients who had suffered a stroke who received Wii-based Movement Therapy but not bilateral priming.
Results: Upper limb functional ability improved for both groups on all measures tested. Posttherapy improvement on the FMA for primed patients was twice that of the unprimed patients (37.3% vs 14.6%, respectively) and was significantly better maintained at 28 weeks (P = .02). Improvements on the WMFT and MAL were similar for both groups, but the pattern of change in range of motion was strikingly different.
Conclusions: Bilateral priming before Wii-based Movement Therapy led to a greater magnitude and retention of improvement compared to control, especially measured with the FMA. These data suggest that bilateral priming can enhance the efficacy of Wii-based Movement Therapy, particularly for patients with low motor function after a stroke.
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