ReviewNeural plasticity2016
Upper Limb Immobilisation: A Neural Plasticity Model with Relevance to Poststroke Motor Rehabilitation.
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- Efficacy of Acupuncture Combined With Robotic Therapy in the Treatment of Limb Dysfunction After Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Review
- Evaluation of wrist and finger function in healthy children through music-based video game therapy.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The Effects of Motor Imagery on Trapeziometacarpal Osteoarthritis in Women During the Post-Surgical Immobilization Period: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Integration of music-based game approaches with wearable devices for hand neurorehabilitation: a narrative review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Review
- The Critical Period After Stroke Study (CPASS) Upper Extremity Treatment Protocol.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2023Article
- Motor cortical functional connectivity changes due to short-term immobilization of upper limb: an fNIRS case report.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- Rehabilitation Interventions Combined with Noninvasive Brain Stimulation on Upper Limb Motor Function in Stroke Patients.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Observation of others' actions during limb immobilization prevents the subsequent decay of motor performance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Motor imagery practice benefits during arm immobilization.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Short-Term Immobilization Promotes a Rapid Loss of Motor Evoked Potentials and Strength That Is Not Rescued by rTMS Treatment.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
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- Short-Term Sensorimotor Deprivation Impacts Feedforward and Feedback Processes of Motor Control.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
- Principles of Neurorehabilitation After Stroke Based on Motor Learning and Brain Plasticity Mechanisms.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2019Review
- Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over Premotor Cortex Improves Motor Function in Severe Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Rehabilitation research and practice · 2017Article
- Enhanced Thalamic Functional Connectivity with No fMRI Responses to Affected Forelimb Stimulation in Stroke-Recovered Rats.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2016Article
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Abstract
Advances in our understanding of the neural plasticity that occurs after hemiparetic stroke have contributed to the formulation of theories of poststroke motor recovery. These theories, in turn, have underpinned contemporary motor rehabilitation strategies for treating motor deficits after stroke, such as upper limb hemiparesis. However, a relative drawback has been that, in general, these strategies are most compatible with the recovery profiles of relatively high-functioning stroke survivors and therefore do not easily translate into benefit to those individuals sustaining low-functioning upper limb hemiparesis, who otherwise have poorer residual function. For these individuals, alternative motor rehabilitation strategies are currently needed. In this paper, we will review upper limb immobilisation studies that have been conducted with healthy adult humans and animals. Then, we will discuss how the findings from these studies could inspire the creation of a neural plasticity model that is likely to be of particular relevance to the context of motor rehabilitation after stroke. For instance, as will be elaborated, such model could contribute to the development of alternative motor rehabilitation strategies for treating poststroke upper limb hemiparesis. The implications of the findings from those immobilisation studies for contemporary motor rehabilitation strategies will also be discussed and perspectives for future research in this arena will be provided as well.
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