Katie Dragert, E. Paul Zehr

Exp Brain Res. 2013 March; 225(1): 93–104

“Hemiparesis after stroke decreases ability to dorsiflex the more-affected ankle during walking. Increased strength would be beneficial, but the more-affected limb is often too weak to be trained. In neurologically intact participants, training one limb induces strength gains in the contralateral, untrained limb. This approach remains unexplored post-stroke. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that unilateral dorsiflexor high-intensity resistance training on the less-affected side increases strength and motor output bilaterally following stroke.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23196803

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