ArticleTherapeutic advances in neurological disorders2018
Effect of the combination of motor imagery and electrical stimulation on upper extremity motor function in patients with chronic stroke: preliminary results.
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Investigation of the Relationship Between Motor Imagery Skill and Neglect Level, Upper Extremity Motor Function, Activities of Daily Living, and Quality of Life in Individuals After Stroke
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- Research trends and hotspots of post-stroke upper limb dysfunction: a bibliometric and visualization analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
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- 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
- The effect of combining motor imagery and electrical stimulation on improving performance in a force tracking task.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Effects and mechanisms of synchronous virtual reality action observation and electrical stimulation on upper extremity motor function and activities of daily living in patients with stroke: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Effect of the period of EEG signals on the decoding of motor information.Physical and engineering sciences in medicine · 2024Article
- Why brain-controlled neuroprosthetics matter: mechanisms underlying electrical stimulation of muscles and nerves in rehabilitation.Biomedical engineering online · 2020Review
- Validity and Reliability of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test and the Thumb Localizing Test in Patients With Stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Item Difficulty of Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Upper Extremity in Persons With Chronic Stroke With Moderate-to-Severe Upper Limb Impairment.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Time course of changes in corticospinal excitability induced by motor imagery during action observation combined with peripheral nerve electrical stimulation.Experimental brain research · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe combination of motor imagery (MI) and afferent input with electrical stimulation (ES) enhances the excitability of the corticospinal tract compared with motor imagery alone or electrical stimulation alone. However, its therapeutic effect is unknown in patients with hemiparetic stroke. We performed a preliminary examination of the therapeutic effects of MI + ES on upper extremity (UE) motor function in patients with chronic stroke.
methodsA total of 10 patients with chronic stroke demonstrating severe hemiparesis participated. The imagined task was extension of the affected finger. Peripheral nerve electrical stimulation was applied to the radial nerve at the spiral groove. MI + ES intervention was conducted for 10 days. UE motor function as assessed with the Fugl-Meyer assessment UE motor score (FMA-UE), the amount of the affected UE use in daily life as assessed with a Motor Activity Log (MAL-AOU), and the degree of hypertonia in flexor muscles as assessed with the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) were evaluated before and after intervention. To assess the change in spinal neural circuits, reciprocal inhibition between forearm extensor and flexor muscles with the H reflex conditioning-test paradigm at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) of 0, 20, and 100 ms were measured before and after intervention.
resultsUE motor function, the amount of the affected UE use, and muscle hypertonia in flexor muscles were significantly improved after MI + ES intervention (FMA-UE:
conclusionMI + ES intervention was effective for improving UE motor function in patients with severe paralysis.
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