Flexion Pattern:

1. elbow flexion** strongest (brachioradialis and biceps)
2. forearm supination
3. glenohumeral abduction *weak*
4. glenohumeral external rotation *weak*
5. scapular retraction and/or elevation
6. usually wrist and finger flexion

1. elbow extension weak (triceps)
2. forearm pronation
3. glenohumeral horizontal adduction (pectoralis major) *strong*
4. glenohumeral internal rotation (pectoralis major) *strong*
5. scapular protraction
6. usually wrist extension and finger flexion

1. early return of muscle tone (within 2 weeks)
2. early return of muscle function (within 2 weeks)
3. intact sensation
4. intact perception
5. minimal spasticity
6. intact cognition
7. intact body scheme
8. some spontaneous use of affected UE
9. some selective motion in affected UE

1. prolonged muscle tone problems
2. apraxia (difficulty with motor planning)
3. poor sensation
4. receptive aphasia
5. unilateral neglect
6. poor body scheme
7. poor spatial relations
8. poor selective motor return
9. continued incontinence

Frontal Lobe Functions:

Inhibition
Ability to monitor behavior
Ruler of social acceptability
(where and when things are appropriate)
Judgement
Motivation
Planning
Ability to care about things
Abstraction

Left Brain Functions:

Language
Analytic processes
Rational thinking
Classification processes
Controls right body side
Feels right body side
Reading
Grammar
Praxis (motor planning)
"splitter" breaks things into parts

Right Brain Functions:

Controls and feels left body side
Visual perceptual functioning
Body image
Emotions