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Interference During Simultaneous Performance of a Motor and Cognitive Task Involving the Upper Extremity After Stroke

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After stroke, the ability to perform two tasks concurrently is diminished, which may contribute to less pronounced gains on activity level after rehabilitation. The current study investigated whether upper extremity dual-task performance is compromised after stroke, as a first step towards examining whether cortical stimulation can reduce dual-task interference. Twenty stroke patients performed a single motor task (tapping targets), single cognitive task (memorising digits) and dual motor-cognitive task. Although motor performance was better when performing the dual-task compared to the single tapping task, it was at the expense of cognitive performance. These findings suggest upper extremity cognitive-motor interference after stroke. In ongoing work, we are investigating the potential role of cortical stimulation to improve motor and cognitive dual-task performance.

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Acknowledgments

This study was partly supported by the European Network on Robotics for NeuroRehabilitation, through the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action TD1006.

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  1. Roessingh Research and Development, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    G. B. Prange-Lasonder & J. H. Buurke

  2. Universidade Da Coruña, Coruña, Spain

    V. Robles-García

  3. University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    S. Brown & J. H. Burridge

  4. University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

    J. Whitall

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  1. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    Jaime Ibáñez

  2. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José González-Vargas

  3. Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Elche, Spain

    José María Azorín

  4. Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, USA

    Metin Akay

  5. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José Luis Pons

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Prange-Lasonder, G.B., Robles-García, V., Brown, S., Buurke, J.H., Whitall, J., Burridge, J.H. (2017). Interference During Simultaneous Performance of a Motor and Cognitive Task Involving the Upper Extremity After Stroke. In: Ibáñez, J., González-Vargas, J., Azorín, J., Akay, M., Pons, J. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_41

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