ReviewFrontiers in psychology2022
Motor Imagery and Action Observation as Appropriate Strategies for Home-Based Rehabilitation: A Mini-Review Focusing on Improving Physical Function in Orthopedic Patients.
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- Effectiveness of Movement Representation Strategies in Knee Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses on Knee Pain and Function.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of digital-based interventions on muscular strength in adults: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials with quality of evidence assessment.Annals of medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing return to sport rates after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Immersive visualization of movement in patients with hemophilic ankle arthropathy. Multicenter, single-blind, randomized clinical trial.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Trial
- Effects of accelerated rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction on clinical and functional outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating clinical meaningfulness.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Review
- SmartDetector: a valid and affordable AI-based markerless motion capture system for psychological experiments.Cognitive processing · 2026Article
- Persistent cognitive deficits in ACL-injured athletes despite of rehabilitation: an observational longitudinal study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- The effect of action observation combined with high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation on motor performance in healthy adults: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Effects of the Practice of Movement Representation Techniques in People Undergoing Knee and Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Mapping relational links between motor imagery, action observation, action-related language, and action execution.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Dynamic stability of the knee and weakness of the extensor muscles are considered to be the most important functional limitations after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, probably due to changes at the central (cortical and corticospinal) level of motor control rather than at the peripheral level. Despite general technological advances, fewer contraindicative surgical procedures, and extensive postoperative rehabilitation, up to 65% of patients fail to return to their preinjury level of sports, and only half were able to return to competitive sport. Later, it becomes clear that current rehabilitation after knee surgery is not sufficient to address the functional limitations after ACL reconstruction even years after surgery. Therefore, new therapeutic tools targeting the central neural system, i.e., the higher centers of motor control, should be investigated and integrated into current rehabilitation practice. To improve motor performance when overt movement cannot be fully performed (e.g., due to pain, impaired motor control, and/or joint immobilization), several techniques have been developed to increase physical and mental activation without the need to perform overt movements. Among the most popular cognitive techniques used to increase physical performance are motor imagery and action observation practices. This review, which examines the available evidence, presents the underlying mechanisms of the efficacy of cognitive interventions and provides guidelines for their use at home.
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