Motor imagery combined with action observation training optimized for individual motor skills further improves motor skills close to a plateau

Aoyama, Toshiyuki; Kaneko, Fuminari; Kohno, Yutaka

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2020.102683

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“…In the Movement meta-analysis, AOMI had a medium to large positive effect on movement outcomes compared to control conditions and a small to medium positive effect compared to AO conditions. Such positive effects are evidenced across most studies included in the Movement meta- analysis, with movements ranging from dart throwing (Romano-Smith et al, 2018, 2019) to whole- body balance tasks (Taube et al, 2014) in both neurotypical (e.g., Aoyama et al, 2020) and neurodivergent populations (e.g., Marshall et al, 2020). The increased motor activity during AOMI, as discussed in the previous section, is a possible neurophysiological mechanism for this effect on movement outcomes.…”

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The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses

Chye

Valappil

Wright

et al. 2022

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Motor simulation interventions involving motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO) have received considerable interest in the behavioral sciences. A growing body of research has focused on using AO and MI simultaneously, termed ‘combined action observation and motor imagery’ (AOMI). The current meta-analysis collated and synthesized existing motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude data from transcranial magnetic stimulation studies and movement outcome data from behavioral studies to quantify changes in corticospinal excitability and motor skill performance for AOMI compared to AO, MI and control conditions. AOMI had a medium positive effect on MEP amplitudes compared to all three conditions. However, for movement outcome data, AOMI had a small to medium positive effect compared to control, but no effect compared to AO and MI conditions. The timing and intensity of transcranial magnetic stimulation moderated facilitation of corticospinal excitability during AOMI, whereas self-reported kinesthetic imagery ability moderated the effects of AOMI on movement outcomes. The results of this meta-analysis are discussed in relation to existing literature on motor simulation and skill acquisition. The limitations within the current literature on AOMI are considered, before providing viable directions for future research on this topic.

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The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses

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Valappil

Wright

et al. 2022

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“…When compared to both AO and MI separately, AOMI interventions have been shown to significantly improve the performance and kinematics of aiming tasks (Romano-Smith et al, 2018;2019). Significant improvements have also been reported for motor learning both before (Kawasaki et al, 2018) and after inducing a training plateau (Aoyama et al, 2020), rehabilitation (Marusic et al, 2018), and eye-hand coordination tasks (Marshall et al, 2020a), when compared to a control group. The benefits of AOMI for clinical adult populations is also becoming apparent.…”

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Combined action observation and motor imagery: An intervention to combat the neural and behavioural deficits associated with developmental coordination disorder

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Wood

Holmes

et al. 2021

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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“…First, the small sample size and its age heterogeneity did not allow us to draw definitive conclusions since a certain interindividual variability or age effect could be expected when performing MI (Zich et al, 2017b;Wriessnegger et al, 2020;Ladda et al, 2021). An example of variability related to the level of expertise is the familiarity with a specific movement and the ability to produce MI (e.g., due to past sports experiences and familiarity with the MI task) (Hétu et al, 2013;Wriessnegger et al, 2014;Aoyama et al, 2020;Ladda et al, 2021). Moreover, this study did not take into account interindividual differences of ERD/S neural correlates when performing MI (Wriessnegger et al, 2020).…”

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Neural Suppression Elicited During Motor Imagery Following the Observation of Biological Motion From Point-Light Walker Stimuli

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Wimmer

Müller-Putz

et al. 2022

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Introduction: Advantageous effects of biological motion (BM) detection, a low-perceptual mechanism that allows the rapid recognition and understanding of spatiotemporal characteristics of movement via salient kinematics information, can be amplified when combined with motor imagery (MI), i.e., the mental simulation of motor acts. According to Jeannerod’s neurostimulation theory, asynchronous firing and reduction of mu and beta rhythm oscillations, referred to as suppression over the sensorimotor area, are sensitive to both MI and action observation (AO) of BM. Yet, not many studies investigated the use of BM stimuli using combined AO-MI tasks. In this study, we assessed the neural response in the form of event-related synchronization and desynchronization (ERD/S) patterns following the observation of point-light-walkers and concordant MI, as compared to MI alone.Methods: Twenty right-handed healthy participants accomplished the experimental task by observing BM stimuli and subsequently performing the same movement using kinesthetic MI (walking, cycling, and jumping conditions). We recorded an electroencephalogram (EEG) with 32 channels and performed time-frequency analysis on alpha (8–13 Hz) and beta (18–24 Hz) frequency bands during the MI task. A two-way repeated-measures ANOVA was performed to test statistical significance among conditions and electrodes of interest.Results: The results revealed significant ERD/S patterns in the alpha frequency band between conditions and electrode positions. Post hoc comparisons showed significant differences between condition 1 (walking) and condition 3 (jumping) over the left primary motor cortex. For the beta band, a significantly less difference in ERD patterns (p < 0.01) was detected only between condition 3 (jumping) and condition 4 (reference).Discussion: Our results confirmed that the observation of BM combined with MI elicits a neural suppression, although just in the case of jumping. This is in line with previous findings of AO and MI (AOMI) eliciting a neural suppression for simulated whole-body movements. In the last years, increasing evidence started to support the integration of AOMI training as an adjuvant neurorehabilitation tool in Parkinson’s disease (PD).Conclusion: We concluded that using BM stimuli in AOMI training could be promising, as it promotes attention to kinematic features and imitative motor learning.

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Motor imagery combined with action observation training optimized for individual motor skills further improves motor skills close to a plateau

Cited by 23 publications

References 26 publications

The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses

The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses

Combined action observation and motor imagery: An intervention to combat the neural and behavioural deficits associated with developmental coordination disorder

Neural Suppression Elicited During Motor Imagery Following the Observation of Biological Motion From Point-Light Walker Stimuli

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