Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2024
Video mirror feedback induces more extensive brain activation compared to the mirror box: an fNIRS study in healthy adults.
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ARTHEMIRS: Assessment of Brain Activation During Different Mirror Therapy Tasks Using fNIRS Technology
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based task paradigms in stroke rehabilitation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of robot assisted mirror therapy on motor function and cortical activation in patients with right hemisphere damage.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Differential cortical responses of robot-assisted active and mirror therapy task conditions in stroke patients and healthy controls: a comparative fNIRS study.Frontiers in neurologyTrial
- Advances in fully integrated wearable near-infrared spectroscopy: hardware innovations and biomedical applications.JPhys photonics · 2026Review
- The effects of mirror visual feedback involved network priming on embodiment perception in healthy subjects: a proof-of-concept study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- A Dissociation Between Primary Motor Cortex Reorganization and Correlation with Pain Intensity in Phantom Limb Pain: A Systematic Review of fMRI Studies.International journal of general medicine · 2025Review
- Combination of robot-assisted glove and mirror therapy improves upper limb motor function in subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled pilot study.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMirror therapy (MT) has been shown to be effective for motor recovery of the upper limb after a stroke. The cerebral mechanisms of mirror therapy involve the precuneus, premotor cortex and primary motor cortex. Activation of the precuneus could be a marker of this effectiveness. MT has some limitations and video therapy (VT) tools are being developed to optimise MT. While the clinical superiority of these new tools remains to be demonstrated, comparing the cerebral mechanisms of these different modalities will provide a better understanding of the related neuroplasticity mechanisms.
methodsThirty-three right-handed healthy individuals were included in this study. Participants were equipped with a near-infrared spectroscopy headset covering the precuneus, the premotor cortex and the primary motor cortex of each hemisphere. Each participant performed 3 tasks: a MT task (right hand movement and left visual feedback), a VT task (left visual feedback only) and a control task (right hand movement only). Perception of illusion was rated for MT and VT by asking participants to rate the intensity using a visual analogue scale. The aim of this study was to compare brain activation during MT and VT. We also evaluated the correlation between the precuneus activation and the illusion quality of the visual mirrored feedback.
resultsWe found a greater activation of the precuneus contralateral to the visual feedback during VT than during MT. We also showed that activation of primary motor cortex and premotor cortex contralateral to visual feedback was more extensive in VT than in MT. Illusion perception was not correlated with precuneus activation.
conclusionVT led to greater activation of a parieto-frontal network than MT. This could result from a greater focus on visual feedback and a reduction in interhemispheric inhibition in VT because of the absence of an associated motor task. These results suggest that VT could promote neuroplasticity mechanisms in people with brain lesions more efficiently than MT. CLINICAL
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