ArticleScientific reports2020
Motor imagery training speeds up gait recovery and decreases the risk of falls in patients submitted to total knee arthroplasty.
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- Effectiveness of motor imagery for improving functional performance after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of robotic exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation in patients with subacute stroke : a systematic review.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of motor imagery on strength, range of motion, physical function, and pain intensity in patients with total knee arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Brazilian journal of physical therapyPooled it
- 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
- Effects of Motor Imagery Training on Balance and Gait in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
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- The Effects of Motor Imagery on Trapeziometacarpal Osteoarthritis in Women During the Post-Surgical Immobilization Period: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Muscle activity and lower body kinematics change when performing motor imagery of gait.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of motor imagery training on joint function recovery following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Kinesiotaping on Functional Outcomes, Pain, and Edema in the Early Rehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- How Posture and Previous Sensorimotor Experience Influence Muscle Activity during Gait Imagery in Young Healthy Individuals.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The effect of graded motor imagery training on pain, functional performance, motor imagery skills, and kinesiophobia after total knee arthroplasty: randomized controlled trial.The Korean journal of pain · 2023Article
- Effects of the Practice of Movement Representation Techniques in People Undergoing Knee and Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Cognitive Training Improves Disconnected Limbs' Mental Representation and Peripersonal Space after Spinal Cord Injury.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Eyes wide shut: How visual cues affect brain patterns of simulated gait.Human brain mapping · 2020Article
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Abstract
With Motor imagery (MI), movements are mentally rehearsed without overt actions; this procedure has been adopted in motor rehabilitation, primarily in brain-damaged patients. Here we rather tested the clinical potentials of MI in purely orthopaedic patients who, by definition, should maximally benefit of mental exercises because of their intact brain. To this end we studied the recovery of gait after total knee arthroplasty and evaluated whether MI combined with physiotherapy could speed up the recovery of gait and even limit the occurrence of future falls. We studied 48 patients at the beginning and by the end of the post-surgery residential rehabilitation program: half of them completed a specific MI training supported by computerized visual stimulation (experimental group); the other half performed a non-motoric cognitive training (control group). All patients also had standard physiotherapy. By the end of the rehabilitation, the experimental group showed a better recovery of gait and active knee flexion-extension movements, and less pain. The number of falls or near falls after surgery was significantly lower in the experimental group. These results show that MI can improve gait abilities and limit future falls in orthopaedic patients, without collateral risks and with limited costs.
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