Use of Mental Practice to Improve Upper-Limb Recovery After Stroke: A Systematic Review

Nilsen, Dawn; Gillen, Glen; Gordon, Andrew M.

doi:10.5014/ajot.2010.09034

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“…Inhibitory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS – 1 Hz) over the unaffected primary motor cortex improves the timing of grasping and lifting with the affected hand (Dafotakis et al, 2008). Mirror therapy (Michielsen et al, 2011) and mental training have a positive effect on the hand function (Müller et al, 2007; Nilsen et al, 2010; Prasad et al, 2010; Ietswaart et al, 2011). Robot-assisted therapies also have potential for prehension recovery (Ziherl et al, 2010; Merians et al, 2011).…”

Section: Implications For Rehabilitationmentioning

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Precision Grip in Congenital and Acquired Hemiparesis: Similarities in Impairments and Implications for Neurorehabilitation

Bleyenheuft

Gordon

2014

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Background: Patients with congenital and acquired hemiparesis incur long-term functional deficits, among which the loss of prehension that may impact their functional independence. Identifying, understanding, and comparing the underlying mechanisms of prehension impairments represent an opportunity to better adapt neurorehabilitation.Objective: The present review aims to provide a better understanding of precision grip deficits in congenital and acquired hemiparesis and to determine whether the severity and type of fine motor control impairments depend on whether or not the lesions are congenital or acquired in adulthood.Methods: Using combinations of the following key words: fingertip force, grip force, precision grip, cerebral palsy, stroke, PubMed, and Scopus databases were used to search studies from 1984 to 2013.Results: Individuals with both congenital and acquired hemiparesis were able to some extent to use anticipatory motor control in precision grip tasks, even if this control was impaired in the paretic hand. In both congenital and acquired hemiparesis, the ability to plan efficient anticipatory motor control when the less-affected hand is used provides a possibility to remediate impairments in anticipatory motor control of the paretic hand.Conclusion: Surprisingly, we observed very few differences between the results of studies in children with congenital hemiplegia and stroke patients. We suggest that the underlying specific strategies of neurorehabilitation developed for each one could benefit the other.

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Precision Grip in Congenital and Acquired Hemiparesis: Similarities in Impairments and Implications for Neurorehabilitation

Bleyenheuft

Gordon

2014

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…Its purpose is similar to that of physical practice (PP) in that it is performed for the purpose of learning or improving upon the performance of a physical activity (Jackson et al, 2001). Mental practice interventions post-stroke have shown promising results for functional improvement of motor skills (for review, refer to Nilsen, Gillen & Gordon, 2010).…”

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Mental Practice is Modifiable: Changes in Perspective Maintenance and Vividness Post-Stroke

Nobbe¹,

Nilsen²,

Gillen³

2012

Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity

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This exploratory study investigated effects of a mental practice (MP) intervention on imagery vividness and perspective maintenance in post-stroke subjects. Additionally, the relationship between internal and external imagery vividness and kinesthetic imagery was examined. Data were drawn from 17 persons participating in a RCT investigating the effects of perspective use during MP on post-stroke recovery. The Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire-2 (VMIQ-2) and a self-report perspective rating scale were used to examine changes in vividness and perspective maintenance, respectively. Findings indicate improvements in vividness were most evident in those with the weakest initial ability. Perspective maintenance improved significantly from the first score to the last for all groups. Visual imagery vividness was strongly related to kinesthetic imagery regardless of imagery perspective. Preliminary findings suggest certain aspects of imagery ability can be improved with practice post-stroke.

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“…And mental practice (MP) is a training method during which a person cognitively rehearses a physical skill using MI in the absence of overt, physical movements for the purpose of enhancing motor skill performance [7]. Recently, research has shown that MP using MI (MP_MI) combined with physical practice (PP) can promote recovery of motor function [8–10].…”

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Mental Practice Combined with Physical Practice to Enhance Hand Recovery in Stroke Patients

Hua

Song

Zhang

2014

Behavioural Neurology

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Objectives. To evaluate whether combining mental practice with physical practice training enhances hand function in patients with stroke. Methods. 10 for treatment and 10 for control were recruited for this pre/posttraining matched case control study. In the treatment group, subjects underwent combining mental practice with physical practice for four weeks. In the control group, subjects only participated in physical practice. Change of hand function and the number of activated voxels of the contralateral somatosensory motor cortex (SMC) acquired by functional magnetic resonance imaging were measured. Results. After training, the Action Research Arm Test score increased by 12.65 for treatment and by 5.20 for control. There was a significant difference in the Action Research Arm Test score between the two groups (P = 0.04). The activated voxels number of the contralateral SMC increased in both groups, but the activated voxels number in the contralateral SMC and the improvement of hand function for treatment were greater than for control. In the treatment group, the number of activated voxels of the contralateral SMC was positively correlated with better hand function scores. Conclusions. Combining mental practice with physical practice may be a more effective treatment strategy than physical training alone for hand recovery in stroke patients.

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Use of Mental Practice to Improve Upper-Limb Recovery After Stroke: A Systematic Review

Cited by 91 publications

References 78 publications

Precision Grip in Congenital and Acquired Hemiparesis: Similarities in Impairments and Implications for Neurorehabilitation

Precision Grip in Congenital and Acquired Hemiparesis: Similarities in Impairments and Implications for Neurorehabilitation

Mental Practice is Modifiable: Changes in Perspective Maintenance and Vividness Post-Stroke

Mental Practice Combined with Physical Practice to Enhance Hand Recovery in Stroke Patients

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