ArticleNeural regeneration research2018
Motor imagery training induces changes in brain neural networks in stroke patients.
Article in Neural regeneration research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07150325 (Integration of Force Control Training and Mirror Visual Feedback on Stroke Patients on Brain Activation and Hand Function), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Integration of Force Control Training and Mirror Visual Feedback on Stroke Patients on Brain Activation and Hand Function
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of Motor Imagery in the Treatment of Poststroke Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Motor Imagery and Mental Practice in the Subacute and Chronic Phases in Upper Limb Rehabilitation after Stroke: A Systematic Review.Occupational therapy international · 2023Pooled it
- Mental practice for treating upper extremity deficits in individuals with hemiparesis after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Enhanced motor recovery in stroke patients through dual-modal intervention: motor imagery and task-oriented robot training.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Effects of motor imagery in recovery of nerve blockade in patients undergoing total knee replacement under spinal anesthesia: a randomized prospective controlled study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Trial
- Advancing Stroke Recovery Through Operant Conditioning of Corticomuscular Coherence.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2026Review
- The Impact of Visualization on Stroke Rehabilitation in Adults: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials on Guided and Motor Imagery.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- NeuroFlex: Feasibility of EEG-Based Motor Imagery Control of a Soft Glove for Hand Rehabilitation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring Methodological Issues in Mental Practice for Upper-Extremity Function Following Stroke-Related Paralysis: A Scoping Review.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- The Influence of Resistance Training Experience on the Efficacy of Motor Imagery for Acutely Increasing Corticospinal Excitability.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The Impact of Mental Practice on Motor Function in Patients With Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Brain & NeuroRehabilitation · 2023Article
- Brain Activation Evoked by Motor Imagery in Pediatric Patients with Complete Spinal Cord Injury.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2023Article
- Motor imagery evokes strengthened activation in sensorimotor areas and its effective connectivity related to cognitive regions in patients with complete spinal cord injury.Brain imaging and behavior · 2022Article
- Effects of Motor Imagery Tasks on Brain Functional Networks Based on EEG Mu/Beta Rhythm.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Exploration on neurobiological mechanisms of the central-peripheral-central closed-loop rehabilitation.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Review
- The Association between Mental Motor Imagery and Real Movement in Stroke.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Clinical Effects of Immersive Multimodal BCI-VR Training after Bilateral Neuromodulation with rTMS on Upper Limb Motor Recovery after Stroke. A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Hemodynamic Signal Changes During Motor Imagery Task Performance Are Associated With the Degree of Motor Task Learning.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Neural Kinesthetic Contribution to Motor Imagery of Body Parts: Tongue, Hands, and Feet.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Prediction of Motor Recovery in Patients with Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Motor imagery is the mental representation of an action without overt movement or muscle activation. However, the effects of motor imagery on stroke-induced hand dysfunction and brain neural networks are still unknown. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in the China Rehabilitation Research Center. Twenty stroke patients, including 13 males and 7 females, 32-51 years old, were recruited and randomly assigned to the traditional rehabilitation treatment group (PP group, n = 10) or the motor imagery training combined with traditional rehabilitation treatment group (MP group, n = 10). All patients received rehabilitation training once a day, 45 minutes per session, five times per week, for 4 consecutive weeks. In the MP group, motor imagery training was performed for 45 minutes after traditional rehabilitation training, daily. Action Research Arm Test and the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the upper extremity were used to evaluate hand functions before and after treatment. Transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to analyze motor evoked potentials in the affected extremity. Diffusion tensor imaging was used to assess changes in brain neural networks. Compared with the PP group, the MP group showed better recovery of hand function, higher amplitude of the motor evoked potential in the abductor pollicis brevis, greater fractional anisotropy of the right dorsal pathway, and an increase in the fractional anisotropy of the bilateral dorsal pathway. Our findings indicate that 4 weeks of motor imagery training combined with traditional rehabilitation treatment improves hand function in stroke patients by enhancing the dorsal pathway. This trial has been registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (registration number: ChiCTR-OCH-12002238).
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