The effects of reactive and proactive motor decision-making strategies on the hand kinematics features in post-stroke patients

Author:

Tumyalis Alexey V.12ORCID,Ivanov Timur B.3,Ivanova Galina E.4ORCID,Ivanova Ekaterina A.1,Kirichenko Andrey A.1,Ossadtchi Alex E.12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Medical Neurointerfaces and Artificial Intelligence of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal center of brain research and neurotechnologies”

2. Center for Bioelectrical Interfaces of Higher School of Economics

3. Center for Bioelectrical Interfaces of Higher School of Economics Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology

4. Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Motor disorders of the upper limbs often develop after stroke. The use of traditional meth-ods to restore the motor functions of the upper limbs has limited effectiveness thus making the search and development of new rehabilitation approaches important. We propose to use a proactive selection of a purposeful movement as such an approach. AIM: to investi-gate the influence of different strategies of the upper limb movement regulation on the mo-tor decision making and hand kinematics parameters in stroke patients. METHODS: Ten pa-tients with stroke participated in the study during their hospital stay. They were divided into 2 groups and performed the task of selecting a movement target and performing arm movements for 10 sessions of 10 minutes each. The sessions were performed on separate days. When performing the task, patients selected one of the targets, either the near target or the distant one. The groups differed in the type of presentation of the distant target; the near target was stationary. The stimuli were presented on a touch screen arranged hori-zontally. A patient sat in front of the screen and placed the hand with a foam ball fixed in it on the starting area. The patient’s forearm was supported by means of a pendant. The pa-tient selected a target to reach in each attempt and then performed the movement by swip-ing the ball on the touch screen. The frequency of the target selection to perform the movement, the range of the selected target, the latencies of the movement onset, the hand speed and acceleration, and the accuracy in reaching the target were assessed. RESULTS: The results indicate that amidst the overall effects represented by a reduced movement on-set time [F (9.72)=8.59; p 0.001], a greater movement speed in reaching the distant tar-get [F (9.72)=2.79; p=0.007], a lower selection rate [F (9.72)=2.78; p=0.008] and a re-duced mean distance of the selected distant target [F (9.72)=2.19; p=0.033], the differ-ences in the distant target presentation between the groups have an impact on the hand movement dynamics in patients. Presenting a target at a random distance results in a greater selected target distance [F (1.8)=17.04; p=0.003], and an increased hand speed [F (9.72)=3.03; p=0.004] compared to the adaptive presentation. There is also a greater decrease in the movement onset time [F (9.72)=2.71; p=0.009] in the group of patients with the adaptive presentation of the distant target compared to the group with the random presentation. CONCLUSION: The differences in the target presentation strategy are reflected in the motor decision making and hand movement dynamics of stroke patients. A random-ized range of target presentation results in a higher amplitude arm movement closer to the activation threshold of the stretch reflex. The results of the study may be useful for selecting the rehabilitation strategies for stroke patients.

Publisher

ECO-Vector LLC

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