leted 2011-09-12 Date submitted 2011-11-01 Date approved 2011-11-02 Restricted until 2011-11-02 Date published 2011-11-02 Advisor (committee chair) Winstein, Carolee J.Aziz-Zadeh, Lisa S. Advisor (committee member) Arbib, MichaelWood, Justin Abstract Stroke is the leading cause of disability among adults (NINDS, 2006), and motor deficits of the arm and hand are a major contributor to functional di