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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2013

The effects of mental practice in neurological rehabilitation; a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Susy Braun, Melanie Kleynen, Tessa van Heel, Nena Kruithof, Derick Wade, Anna Beurskens

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02540096 (Effects of Mental Practice for Mobility in Post-stroke Hemiparesis), which is not on this map. Cited by 58 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02540096 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Mental Practice for Mobility in Post-stroke Hemiparesis: Randomized Controlled Trial of Efficacy.

TypeinterventionalSponsorFederal University of Juiz de ForaRan2015 to 2020Enrolled16ConditionsStroke, HemiparesisArmsMental practice, Cognitive training and Relaxation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Effectiveness of Motor Imagery on Motor Recovery in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  10. Interventions for improving upper limb function after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
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  20. Motor learning in golf-a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susy BraunResearch Centre Autonomy and Participation of Patients with a Chronic Illness, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Heerlen, Netherlands ; School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
Melanie Kleynen
Tessa van Heel
Nena Kruithof
Derick Wade
Anna Beurskens
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the beneficial and adverse effects of a mental practice intervention on activities, cognition, and emotion in patients after stroke, patients with Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis.

methodsElectronic databases PubMed/Medline, PEDro, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, Rehadat, Embase, and Picarta were searched until June 2012. Fourteen randomized controlled trials in stroke and two randomized controlled trials in Parkinson's disease were included, representing 491 patients (421 with stroke). No randomized controlled trials in multiple sclerosis were identified. The methodologic quality of the included trials was assessed with the Amsterdam-Maastricht-Consensus-List (AMCL). Information on study characteristics and outcomes was summarized and evidence for effects described. Data from individual studies in stroke with same outcome measures were pooled.

resultsThe included 16 randomized controlled trials were heterogeneous and methodologic quality varied. Ten trials reported significant effects in favor of mental practice in patients with stroke (n = 9) and Parkinson's disease (n = 1). In six studies mental practice had similar effects as therapy as usual (n = 5 in stroke and n = 1 in Parkinson's disease). Of six performed meta-analyses with identical measures in stroke studies only two showed significant effects of mental practice: short-term improvement of arm-hand-ability (ARAT: SMD 0.62; 95% CI: 0.05 to 1.19) and improvement of performance of activities (NRS: SMD 0.9; 95% CI: 0.04 to 1.77). Five studies found effects on cognition (e.g., effects on attention, plan actions in unfamiliar surroundings) and four reported observed side-effects, both positive (e.g., might increase motivation and arousal and reduce depression) and negative (e.g., diminished concentration, irritation).

conclusionsMental practice might have positive effects on performance of activities in patients with neurological diseases, but this review reports less positive results than earlier published ones. Strengths and limitations of past studies are pointed out. Methodologic recommendations for future studies are given.

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mental practicemeta-analysisneurorehabilitationsystematic review

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PMCPMC3731552
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