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Higher-level somatosensory testing improves sensitivity over standard tools to better guide poststroke rehabilitation.
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Poststroke somatosensory impairment is prevalent, yet commonly used clinical measures lack the sensitivity needed to quantify impairment and detect change due to intervention. This selective review, prepared and presented as a part of the I-Treat Conference (June 22, 2013, Columbus, Ohio), discusses the prevalence of somatosensory impairment after stroke, highlights measures of higher level somatosensory processing, and briefly reviews sensorimotor rehabilitation. The goal of this article is to encourage dialogue regarding the development and use of measures of higher level somatosensory function that will enable personalization of sensorimotor rehabilitation.
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Borstad et al. (2014) conducted a review in Poststroke somatosensory impairment. Measures of higher level somatosensory processing and sensorimotor rehabilitation vs. Commonly used clinical measures was evaluated. Measures of higher-level somatosensory function are highlighted in this selective review to address the lack of sensitivity in standard clinical tools and personalize poststroke rehabilitation.
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