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Muscle molecular phenotype after stroke is associated with gait speed.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Aug 2004
De Deyne Patrick G, Hafer-Macko Charlene E, Ivey Frederick M, Ryan Alice S, Macko Richard F
Abstract excerpt
The disability of patients after stroke is generally attributed to upper motor neuron defects, but secondary changes in paretic muscle may enhance the disability. We analyzed the molecular phenotype and metabolic profile of the paretic and nonparetic vastus lateralis (VL) and we measured the severity of gait deficit in 13 patients at least 6 months after ischemic stroke. The results showed a significant increase...
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