Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: Importance of Neuroplasticity and Sensorimotor Integration Processes

Questions of the neurorehabilitation of strokes patients are addressed. The importance of the phenomenon of neuroplasticity, which underlies recovery processes after brain lesions, is emphasized. Particular attention is paid to the question of sensorimotor integration in health and CNS pathology, as well as to the role of afferentation in the processes underlying the recovery of motor impairments. The principles of rehabilitation therapy for stroke patients are discussed. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.