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Performance Quality Rating Scale for Somatosensation After Stroke Version 3: Reliability, Feasibility

T Wanklyn, KE Webster, LM Carey

2026-01-01

The Performance Quality Rating Scale for Somatosensation after Stroke (PQRS-SS) guides observation of survivors of stroke performi..

Profiling Somatosensory Impairment after Stroke: Characterizing Common “Fingerprints” of Impairment Using Unsupervised Machine Learning-Based Cluster Analysis of Quantitative Measures of the Upper Limb

I Senadheera, BC Larssen, YYK Mak-Yuen, S Steinfort, LM Carey, D Alahakoon

2023-09-01

Altered somatosensory function is common among stroke survivors, yet is often poorly characterized. Methods of profiling somatosen..

Calibration of Impairment Severity to Enable Comparison across Somatosensory Domains

TA Matyas, YYK Mak-Yuen, TP Boelsen-Robinson, LM Carey

2023-04-01

Comparison across somatosensory domains, important for clinical and scientific goals, requires prior calibration of impairment sev..

The Performance Quality Rating Scale for Somatosensation After Stroke: A Pilot Study

T Wanklyn, KE Webster, B Nielsen, Y Mak-Yuen, BS Haslam, LM Carey

2023-04-01

To our knowledge, no measure of observed performance in self-selected activities has been specifically tested for use with stroke ..

Somatosensory Impairment and Chronic Pain Following Stroke: An Observational Study

BS Haslam, DS Butler, AS Kim, LM Carey

2023-01-01

Background: Chronic pain and somatosensory impairment are common following a stroke. It is possible that an interaction exists bet..

Construct validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Wrist Position Sense Test for use in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

S Taylor, C Elliott, B McLean, R Parsons, T Falkmer, LM Carey, E Blair, S Girdler

2022-10-01

Introduction: We investigate the construct validity, test re-test reliability, and responsiveness of the Wrist Position Sense Test..

“My Hand Is Different”: Altered Body Perception in Stroke Survivors with Chronic Pain

BS Haslam, DS Butler, GL Moseley, AS Kim, LM Carey

2022-10-01

Background: Chronic pain and body perception disturbance are common following stroke. It is possible that an interaction exists be..

Predicting post-stroke somatosensory function from resting-state functional connectivity: A feasibility study

X Liang, CL Koh, CH Yeh, P Goodin, G Lamp, A Connelly, LM Carey

2021-11-01

Accumulating evidence shows that brain functional deficits may be impacted by damage to remote brain regions. Recent advances in n..

Structural Connectivity Remote from Lesions Correlates with Somatosensory Outcome Poststroke

CL Koh, CH Yeh, X Liang, R Vidyasagar, RJ Seitz, M Nilsson, A Connelly, LM Carey

2021-09-01

Background and Purpose: Changes in connectivity of white matter fibers remote to a stroke lesion, suggestive of structural connect..

Somatosensory discrimination impairment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy as measured by the sense_assess© kids

B McLean, S Taylor, J Valentine, L Carey, A Thornton, C Elliott

2021-08-01

Introduction: To characterise somatosensory discrimination impairment of the upper-limb across domains of tactile discrimination, ..

The Functional Tactile Object Recognition Test: A Unidimensional Measure With Excellent Internal Consistency for Haptic Sensing of Real Objects After Stroke

LM Carey, YYK Mak-Yuen, TA Matyas

2020-09-23

Introduction: Our hands, with their exquisite sensors, work in concert with our sensing brain to extract sensory attributes of obj..

The effectiveness of somatosensory retraining for improving sensory function in the arm following stroke: a systematic review

ML Turville, LS Cahill, TA Matyas, JM Blennerhassett, LM Carey

2019-05-01

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate if somatosensory retraining programmes assist people to improve somatosensory dis..

Activation of bilateral secondary somatosensory cortex with right hand touch stimulation: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies

G Lamp, P Goodin, S Palmer, E Low, A Barutchu, LM Carey

2019-01-01

Background: Brain regions involved in processing somatosensory information have been well documented through lesion, post-mortem, ..

COMbined Physical and somatoSEnsory training after stroke: Development and description of a novel intervention to improve upper limb function

U Gopaul, P van Vliet, R Callister, M Nilsson, L Carey

2019-01-01

Background and purpose: After stroke, reach-to-grasp goal-directed movements are disrupted as a result of both residual motor and ..

Experiences of upper limb somatosensory retraining in persons with stroke: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

ML Turville, J Walker, JM Blennerhassett, LM Carey

2019-01-01

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore experiences of upper limb somatosensory discrimination retraining in persons with st..

Finding the Intersection of Neuroplasticity, Stroke Recovery, and Learning: Scope and Contributions to Stroke Rehabilitation

L Carey, A Walsh, A Adikari, P Goodin, D Alahakoon, D De Silva, KL Ong, M Nilsson, L Boyd

2019-01-01

Aim. Neural plastic changes are experience and learning dependent, yet exploiting this knowledge to enhance clinical outcomes afte..

Combined somatosensory and motor training to improve upper limb function following stroke: a systematic scoping review

U Gopaul, L Carey, R Callister, M Nilsson, P van Vliet

2018-11-02

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic scoping review was to (1) identify combined somatosensory and motor training interventions..

Changing practice in the assessment and treatment of somatosensory loss in stroke survivors: Protocol for a knowledge translation study

LS Cahill, NA Lannin, YYK Mak-Yuen, ML Turville, LM Carey

2018-01-23

Background: The treatment of somatosensory loss in the upper limb after stroke has been historically overshadowed by therapy focus..