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Clinical
Emory is one of the sites involved in the EXCITE (Extremity Constraint-Induced Therapy Evaluation) study to evaluate the effectiveness of constraining the intact upper extremity in rehabilitation of patients with strokes sustained in the previous 3 months. This is a national, multi-center, NIH-funded trial. Dr. Wolf at Emory is the overall Principal Investigator and Dr. Sathian is a Co-Investigator.

Basic
Coupled to the EXCITE study is a project investigating neural re-organization accompanying functional recovery. This multi-center study is awaiting approval by the NIH. Dr. Sathian is the Principal Investigator at Emory.

Other related basic research activities
Studies of tactile perception in normal and blind humans, dyslexics and those with other neurological disorders (e.g. cerebellar lesions, Parkinson's disease)

Recent Publications

  • Sathian K, Greenspan A, Wolf SL: Doing it with mirrors - a novel approach to stroke rehabilitation. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair,14:85-88, 2000.

  • Darling WG, Rizzo M, Butler AJ Disordered sensorimotor transformations for reaching following posterior cortical lesions. Neuropsychologia, 39:237-254, 2001.

  • Wolf SL, Catlin PA, Ellis M, et al: Assessing the Wolf motor function test as an outcome measure for research with patients post-stroke. Stroke, 2001, in print.

  • Baer HR, Wolf SL: The modified Emory Functional Ambulation Profile: An outcome measure for the rehabilitation of post-stroke gait dysfunction. Stroke, 32:973-979,2000.

  • Grant AC, Zangaladze A, Thiagarajah MC, Sathian K. Tactile perception in developmental dyslexia: a psychophysical study using gratings. Neuropsychologia, 37:1201-1211, 1999.

  • Zangaladze A, Epstein CM, Grafton ST, Sathian K. Involvement of visual cortex in tactile discrimination of orientation. Nature, 401:587-590, 1999.

  • Sathian K. Intermanual referral of sensation to anesthetic hands. Neurology, 54:1866-1868, 2000.

  • Sathian K. Practice makes perfect: Sharper tactile perception in the blind. (Editorial) Neurology, 54: 2203-2204, 2000.

  • Cascio CJ, Sathian K. Temporal cues contribute to tactile perception of roughness. Journal of Neuroscience, 21:5289-5296, 2001.





 

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