Motor Skill Learning in acute stroke patients: Robotics, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Magnetic Resonance Imaging volumetric assessments

Stroke is one of the main causes of long-term disability and often results in impaired motor function, characterised by limitations in activities of daily living. In contrast to motor recovery, motor learning in the acute phase of stroke remains poorly studied. This project is an ancillary study of a thesis project of the neurology laboratory of the CHU UCL Namur (Godinne site) studying motor learning, and more precisely Motor Skill Learning (MSkL) in the acute phase of stroke, using robotics (REA2plan®, Axinesis, Wavre), in association with the analysis of injured regions quantified in 3 Tesla MRI thanks to the voxel-based lesion symptom mapping (VLSM) technique and the analysis of manual dexterity. This project is distinguished by the contribution of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), used as a predictive tool for the recovery of motor learning/manual dexterity in the acute phase of stroke.