Stroke patients will have a series of motor disorders and manifested as the abnormal movement patterns. These abnormal movements are caused by upper motor neuron syndrome, which can be manifested as different negative and positive symptoms. Negative symptoms involve weakness and loss of dexterity. Positive symptoms involve spasticity and spasticity-associated movement disorders such as clonus, tonic spasm, spastic dystonia, co-contraction, and associated reactions. Among them, some symptoms can be further divided into more detailed types. The characteristics of stroke lesions affect the motor recovery and functional outcomes. The incidence, lesion characteristics and corresponding treatment of abnormal movement patterns vary in different types. The lesion characteristics of stroke patients may be related to the occurrence of different abnormal movement patterns, but there are few studies on refining abnormal motion patterns and their relationship with lesion characteristics. Therefore, it is important to refine the classification of motion patterns and correspond to lesion characteristics and clinical treatment of different motion patterns.