ReviewFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2015
Motor imagery reinforces brain compensation of reach-to-grasp movement after cervical spinal cord injury.
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- Effects and mechanisms of a home-based action observation and motor imagery intervention on cognitive function and depression in spinal cord injury: a pilot randomized controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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- Effects of trunk training using motor imagery on trunk control ability and balance function in patients with stroke.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Evaluation of EEG Oscillatory Patterns and Classification of Compound Limb Tactile Imagery.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Enhanced motor imagery of digits within the same hand via vibrotactile stimulation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Challenges of neural interfaces for stroke motor rehabilitation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Tongue and mouth imagery questionnaire (TMIQ) for assessing motor imagery vividness of the temporomandibular region: A reliability and validity case-control study.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Cognitive Training Improves Disconnected Limbs' Mental Representation and Peripersonal Space after Spinal Cord Injury.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effect of motor imagery and actual practice on learning professional medical skills.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- Motor Imagery Practice and Cognitive Processes.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Humans Can Visually Judge Grasp Quality and Refine Their Judgments Through Visual and Haptic Feedback.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
- HD-EEG Based Classification of Motor-Imagery Related Activity in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
- Altered modulation of sensorimotor rhythms with chronic paralysis.Journal of neurophysiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Individuals with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) that causes tetraplegia are challenged with dramatic sensorimotor deficits. However, certain rehabilitation techniques may significantly enhance their autonomy by restoring reach-to-grasp movements. Among others, evidence of motor imagery (MI) benefits for neurological rehabilitation of upper limb movements is growing. This literature review addresses MI effectiveness during reach-to-grasp rehabilitation after tetraplegia. Among articles from MEDLINE published between 1966 and 2015, we selected ten studies including 34 participants with C4 to C7 tetraplegia and 22 healthy controls published during the last 15 years. We found that MI of possible non-paralyzed movements improved reach-to-grasp performance by: (i) increasing both tenodesis grasp capabilities and muscle strength; (ii) decreasing movement time (MT), and trajectory variability; and (iii) reducing the abnormally increased brain activity. MI can also strengthen motor commands by potentiating recruitment and synchronization of motoneurons, which leads to improved recovery. These improvements reflect brain adaptations induced by MI. Furthermore, MI can be used to control brain-computer interfaces (BCI) that successfully restore grasp capabilities. These results highlight the growing interest for MI and its potential to recover functional grasping in individuals with tetraplegia, and motivate the need for further studies to substantiate it.
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