Effects of mental practice on stroke patients’ upper extremity function and daily activity performance

Park, Juhyung; Lee, Nayun; Cho, MiLim; Kim, Deok-Ju; Yang, Young Il

doi:10.1589/jpts.27.1075

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“…However, when there is a significant reduction in overall physical functioning in addition to motor function, it has been found that such repetitive practice can be a cause of both fatigue and reduced motivation for rehabilitation 1 ) . Meanwhile, research in sports training has shown that combining mental practice with physical practice enhances the effects of training relative to physical practice alone 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) .…”

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The improvement effect of limited mental practice in individuals with poststroke hemiparesis: the influence of mental imagery and mental concentration

Nagano

Nagano²

2015

J Phys Ther Sci

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[Purpose] This study examined whether limited mental practice improves the motor performance of poststroke individuals with hemiparesis. [Subjects] Twenty-three participants with poststroke hemiparesis (40–82 years of age) participated in this study. [Methods] The subjects were divided into four groups with respect to a dart-throwing task: the no-practice, physical practice only, mental practice only, and mental and physical practice groups. The groups were compared in terms of gains in motor performance, mental imagery vividness, and level of concentration during mental practice. [Results] No statistically significant difference was found for gains in motor performance among groups, and there was no correlation between imagery vividness and motor performance gains. However, a correlation was found between gains in motor performance and mental concentration during mental practice. [Conclusion] The results suggested that limited mental practice for individuals with poststroke hemiparesis may not improve motor performance. However, a higher degree of concentration during mental practice may improve motor performance.

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The improvement effect of limited mental practice in individuals with poststroke hemiparesis: the influence of mental imagery and mental concentration

Nagano

Nagano²

2015

J Phys Ther Sci

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“…Of those articles, 2 were excluded because they were not completed studies Therefore, a total of nine articles were reviewed and classified according to the criteria described earlier. The results are summarized in Table 1 [1][2][3][4][5]. …”

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Role of Practice And Mental Imagery on Hand Function Improvement in Stroke Survivors

Chaturvedi¹

2017

J Neurol Neurosci

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Role of Practice and Mental Imagery on Hand function improvement in stroke survivors Method:We conducted systematic review of the previous studies and searched electronic databases for the years 1995 to 2016, studies were selected according to inclusion criteria, and critical appraisal was done for each study and summarized the use of mental practice for the improvement in hand function in stroke survivors.

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“…The upper limb part of the FMA includes the reflex activity; extensor flexor synergy movement; cooperative motion activities; cooperative movement activities; no hyperreflexia; wrist, elbow and straight shoulder flexion stability of 90 degrees; finger movement and coordination ability; and speed. The Modified Barthel Index (MBI) evaluates the activity of daily living [27]. It consists of a total of 10 items; full marks indicate a score of 100, including excretion, grooming, using the toilet, eating, transformation (bed to chair), walking activities (walking in or around the ward, not including a long walk), dressing, bathing, walking up and down the stairs.…”

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Scalp acupuncture plus low-frequency rTMS promotes repair of brain white matter tracts in hemiplegic patients with stroke: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Zhao

Zhang

Qiu

et al. 2018

J. Integr. Neurosci.

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To study the clinical effects of scalp acupuncture plus low frequency rTMS in hemiplegic stroke patients. A total of 28 hemiplegic stroke patients were recruited and randomly assigned to the experimental group (scalp acupuncture low frequency rTMS routine rehabilitation treatment) or the control group (scalp acupuncture routine rehabilitation treatment). All patients received a diffusion tensor imaging examination on the day of admission and on the fourteenth day. Compared with pre-treatment, the upper limb motor function score and ability of daily life score increased significantly in the two groups, and motor function improvement was much greater in the experimental group. Fractional anisotropy values significantly increased in white matter tracts, such as the corticospinal tract, forceps minor, superior longitudinal fasciculus and uncinate fasciculus in the two groups. Compared with pretreatment, the fractional anisotropy values increased and mean diffusion values decreased synchronously in the forceps minor, left inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, left inferior longitudinal fasciculus, left superior longitudinal fasciculus and left uncinate fasciculus in the experimental group. Before and after treatment, there were no significant differences in the changes of fractional anisotropy values between the two groups, but the changes of the mean diffusion values in the experimental group were much greater than those in the control group in the left superior longitudinal fasciculus and the left uncinate fasciculus (p < 0.05). Moreover, the increased fractional anisotropy values in the forceps minor in the experimental group were significantly positively correlated with the increased Fugl-Meyer assessment score. Our study concluded that based on routine rehabilitation treatment, scalp acupuncture plus low frequency rTMS can promote white matter tracts repair better than scalp acupuncture alone; the motor function improvement of the hemiplegic upper limb may be closely related to the rehabilitation of the forceps minor; the combination of scalp acupuncture and low frequency rTMS is expected to provide a more optimal rehabilitation protocol for stroke hemiplegic patients.

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Effects of mental practice on stroke patients’ upper extremity function and daily activity performance

Cited by 22 publications

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The improvement effect of limited mental practice in individuals with poststroke hemiparesis: the influence of mental imagery and mental concentration

The improvement effect of limited mental practice in individuals with poststroke hemiparesis: the influence of mental imagery and mental concentration

Role of Practice And Mental Imagery on Hand Function Improvement in Stroke Survivors

Scalp acupuncture plus low-frequency rTMS promotes repair of brain white matter tracts in hemiplegic patients with stroke: A diffusion tensor imaging study

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