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The role of technology in task-oriented training in persons with subacute stroke: a randomized controlled trialCarol L Richards
Department of Rehabilitation and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Laval University
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 18:199-211. 2004..52, P = 0.003) with an increase in ankle power generation of the affected leg. The results demonstrate that the efficacy of the task-oriented approach is not dependent on rehabilitation technology...
Walking while resisting a perturbation: Effects on ankle dorsiflexor activation during swing and potential for rehabilitationAndreanne Blanchette
Multidisciplinary Team in Locomotor Rehabilitation, Montreal, Canada
Gait Posture 34:358-63. 2011....- The Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire (KVIQ) for assessing motor imagery in persons with physical disabilities: a reliability and construct validity studyFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration CIRRIS, Quebec City, QC, Canada
J Neurol Phys Ther 31:20-9. 2007.... - Reliability of mental chronometry for assessing motor imagery ability after strokeFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation Social Integration CIRRIS, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:311-9. 2008..To examine the reproducibility of 2 chronometric tests: time-dependent motor imagery (TDMI) screening test and temporal congruence test... - Clinical assessment of motor imagery after strokeFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 22:330-40. 2008.... - Effects of practice, visual loss, limb amputation, and disuse on motor imagery vividnessFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration CIRRIS, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 23:449-63. 2009..The ability to generate vivid images of movements is variable across individuals and likely influenced by sensorimotor inputs... - Dynamic control of a moving platform using the CAREN system to optimize walking in virtual reality environmentsHassan El Makssoud
CIHR Multidisciplinary Team in Locomotor Rehabilitation, Laval University, Canada
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2009:2384-7. 2009..The aim of this study was to determine an optimal solution to simulate walking in real life when engaging in VEs... - Mental practice for relearning locomotor skillsFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration CIRRIS, Rehabilitation Institute of Quebec, 525 Blvd Wilfrid Hamel Est, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Phys Ther 90:240-51. 2010..Lastly, questions pertaining to clinical assessment of motor imagery ability and training strategies are discussed... - Training mobility tasks after stroke with combined mental and physical practice: a feasibility studyFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 18:66-75. 2004..In contrast, the duration of the performance did not change with training. The results indicate that, in the early stage of learning with MP, changes in limb-loading strategies are a more sensitive measure of performance than is speed... - Bilateral slowing of mentally simulated actions after strokeFrancine Malouin
Center for interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation and social integration CIRRIS, IRDPQ, 525 Blvd Hamel east, Quebec City, P Q, Canada, G1M 2S8
Neuroreport 15:1349-53. 2004.... - Working memory and mental practice outcomes after strokeFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:177-83. 2004..To examine the relationship between working memory and motor improvement obtained after a single training session combining mental and physical practice... - [New perspectives of locomotor rehabilitation after stroke]Francine Malouin
Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Intégration Sociale, 525, boulevard Hamel, Quebec, G1M 2S8, Canada
Med Sci (Paris) 19:994-8. 2003..While the former offers more practice with less physical exertion, the latter allows safe practice in a variety of challenging environments. Work is under way to assess whether these new strategies can further enhance locomotor recovery... - The influence of selected personal and environmental factors on leisure activities in adults with cerebral palsyNormand Boucher
Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Intégration Sociale CIRRIS et l Institut de Réadaptation en Déficience Physique de Québec IRDPQ, Quebec, Canada
Disabil Rehabil 32:1328-38. 2010..This study examined the influence of selected personal and environmental factors on leisure participation in adults with cerebral palsy (CP)... - A fluidity scale for evaluating the motor strategy of the rise-to-walk task after strokeFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration CIRRIS, Canada
Clin Rehabil 17:674-84. 2003..1) To develop an ordinal scale (content validity) for assessing fluidity of the rise-to-walk task (RTW); (2) to examine the concurrent validity of the fluidity scale; (3) to study the inter-rater reliability of the scale... - Added value of mental practice combined with a small amount of physical practice on the relearning of rising and sitting post-stroke: a pilot studyFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration CIRRIS Institut de Réadaptation en Déficience Physique de Québec A D, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
J Neurol Phys Ther 33:195-202. 2009..This study investigated the added value of mental practice on the relearning of rising up from a chair and sitting down when combined with a small amount of physical practice... - Normal aging and motor imagery vividness: implications for mental practice training in rehabilitationFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 91:1122-7. 2010..To investigate the effects of normal aging on motor imagery vividness and working memory... - Brain activations during motor imagery of locomotor-related tasks: a PET studyFrancine Malouin
Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration CIRRIS, Quebec City, Canada
Hum Brain Mapp 19:47-62. 2003..Altogether, the present findings suggest that higher brain centers become progressively engaged when demands of locomotor tasks require increasing cognitive and sensory information processing... - Navigational strategies during fast walking: a comparison between trained athletes and non-athletesMartin Gérin Lajoie
Center for interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation and social integration CIRRIS, Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Gait Posture 26:539-45. 2007..The evaluation paradigm and outcome measures developed may be applicable to the evaluation of skill level in athletic training and selection, as well as in gait rehabilitation following impairment... - Psychometric evaluation of the original and Canadian French version of the activities-specific balance confidence scale among people with strokeNancy M Salbach
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:1597-604. 2006..To evaluate the internal and absolute reliability and construct validity of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale and a new Canadian French version (ABC-CF) of it among people with stroke... - The effect of a task-oriented intervention on arm function in people with stroke: a randomized controlled trialJohanne Higgins
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Clin Rehabil 20:296-310. 2006..No meaningful change on other measures of arm function was observed. CONCLUSIONS: A task-oriented intervention did not improve voluntary movement or manual dexterity of the affected arm in people with chronic stroke... - Assessing mobility and locomotor coordination after stroke with the rise-to-walk taskLise Dion
Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Canada
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 17:83-92. 2003..DISCUSSION: The assessment of mobility and locomotor coordination with the RTW task indicate that both outcomes are impaired after stroke and that clinical methods provide a valid measurement of the task... - Arm and leg impairments and disabilities after stroke rehabilitation: relation to handicapJohanne Desrosiers
Research Centre on Aging, Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Clin Rehabil 17:666-73. 2003..1) To examine the relationships between measures of impairment and disability for the arm and leg with a measure of handicap and (2) to identify the impairment or disability most strongly related to handicap situations... - Functional cerebral reorganization following motor sequence learning through mental practice with motor imageryPhilip L Jackson
Department of Psychology, Laval University, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada
Neuroimage 20:1171-80. 2003..Moreover, the findings are in accord with the hypothesis that mental practice with MI, at least initially, improves performance by acting on the preparation and anticipation of movements rather than on execution per se... - The efficacy of combined physical and mental practice in the learning of a foot-sequence task after stroke: a case reportPhilip L Jackson
Department of Psychology, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 18:106-11. 2004.... - The effect of a task-oriented walking intervention on improving balance self-efficacy poststroke: a randomized, controlled trialNancy M Salbach
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:576-82. 2005.... - Motor learning produces parallel dynamic functional changes during the execution and imagination of sequential foot movementsMartin F Lafleur
Department of Psychology, Rehabilitation Institute of Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Neuroimage 16:142-57. 2002..This last finding suggests that the cerebral plasticity occurring during the incremental acquisition of a motor sequence executed physically is reflected by the covert production of this skilled behavior using motor imagery... - Balance self-efficacy and its relevance to physical function and perceived health status after strokeNancy M Salbach
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:364-70. 2006.... - A treadmill and motion coupled virtual reality system for gait training post-strokeJoyce Fung
Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital CRIR, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Cyberpsychol Behav 9:157-62. 2006..This feasibility study demonstrates that persons with stroke are able to adapt to this novel VR system and be immersed in the VEs for gait training... - The circumvention of obstacles during walking in different environmental contexts: a comparison between older and younger adultsMartin Gérin-Lajoie
Center for interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation and social integration CIRRIS, Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Gait Posture 24:364-9. 2006.... - Characteristics of personal space during obstacle circumvention in physical and virtual environmentsMartin Gérin-Lajoie
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Gait Posture 27:239-47. 2008..Since the PS behavior was shown to be robust in the VE used for this study, the virtual reality technology is proposed as a promising platform for the development of such assessment and retraining applications... - Priorities for stroke rehabilitation and research: results of a 2003 Canadian Stroke Network consensus conferenceMark T Bayley
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:526-8. 2007.... - The negotiation of stationary and moving obstructions during walking: anticipatory locomotor adaptations and preservation of personal spaceMartin Gérin-Lajoie
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Dept of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Motor Control 9:242-69. 2005..This novel paradigm has important implications for the assessment and training of locomotor ability within real world environments...