Our results provide some arguments to suggest that this ipsilateral motor control also exists at the beginning of the stroke even in the adult population.
A fuller characterisation of ipsilateral motor pathways remains to be achieved. Two main hypotheses need to be tested. A transcallosal inhibitory pathway disrupted on hemispheric lesion has been proposed by some authors. A twice crossed spinal tract was proposed by others 33-37 We suggest that ipsilateral deficit must be taken into account in the rehabilitation procedures.
This aspect needs to be tested precisely.