FIG 1. Axial computed tomographic scan on admission shows a right parietal subcortical hematoma with mild to moderate surrounding edema. Cervical internal carotid artery dissection is recognized as an uncommon cause of stroke.'-3 We describe a rare case of spontaneous cervical internal carotid dissection presenting with an intracerebral hematoma (ICH). A 49-year-old right-handed man was referre...

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In 1892, Cattell & Fullerton published a paper on “The Psychophysics of Movement” in which they summarised their findings from the application of Fechner’s methods to the study of the extent, force, and time of arm movements made without the aid of vision. Using a form of Munsterberg’s apparatus (Titchener, 1905) they found the method of right and wrong cases to be ‘the most accurate of the met...

BACKGROUND Severe traumatic knee injury, including injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), leads to impaired sensorimotor function. Although improvements are achieved by training, impairment often persists. Because good sensorimotor function is associated with better patient-reported function and a potential lower risk of future joint problems, more effective treatment is warranted. Tem...

BACKGROUND Principles of brain plasticity is used in the treatment of patients with functional limitations to improve sensorimotor function. Training is included in the treatment of knee injury to improve both patient-reported function and sensorimotor function. However, impairment in sensorimotor function often persists despite training. Therefore, it was suggested that training programs need ...

Activity from muscle afferents regarding ankle kinesthesia was recorded using cuff electrodes in a rabbit preparation in which tactile input from the foot was eliminated. The purpose was to determine if such activity can provide information useful in controlling functional electrical stimulation (FES) systems that restore mobility in spinal injured man. The rabbit's ankle was passively flexed a...

BACKGROUND Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in South Africa. An increase in the burden of stroke is predicted as the population is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition with increased exposure to, and development of, stroke risk factors, together with aging of the population. Objective. The objective was to update the guideline published in 2000, to place the recommenda...

Talitha Harris-Brown, Janet Richmond, Sebastian Della Maddalena, and Alinta Jaworski Visual impairment affects approximately 1.8 million people in Australia (Resnikoff et al., 2004) and is defined as a visual acuity or equivalent field loss of less than 6/18 (20/60) by the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (World Health Organization, 2010). A varie...

This study is part of an ongoing effort to determine if nerve cuff recordings from muscle afferents can provide sensory information for control of functional electrical stimulation (FES) systems that restore mobility in an otherwise paralyzed subject. The rabbit’s ankle was passively flexed and extended in the saggital plane while the activity from both the tibial and peroneal nerves was record...

53 Illusory subjective experience of looking at one’s own face while in fact looking at another 54 person’s face can surprisingly be induced by simple synchronized visuo-tactile stimulation of 55 the two faces. Recently, Apps and colleagues (Cerebral Cortex, 2014) investigated for the 56 first time the role of visual unimodal and temporo-parietal multimodal brain areas in the 57 enfacement illu...