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Grilc N, Valappil AC, Tillin NA, Mian OS, Wright DJ, Holmes PS, Castelli F, Bruton AM. Motor imagery drives the effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability for coordinative lower-limb actions. Sci Rep 2024; 14:13057. [PMID: 38844650 PMCID: PMC11156847 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63758-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
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Combined action observation and motor imagery (AOMI) facilitates corticospinal excitability (CSE) and may potentially induce plastic-like changes in the brain in a similar manner to physical practice. This study used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to explore changes in CSE for AOMI of coordinative lower-limb actions. Twenty-four healthy adults completed two baseline (BLH, BLNH) and three AOMI conditions, where they observed a knee extension while simultaneously imagining the same action (AOMICONG), plantarflexion (AOMICOOR-FUNC), or dorsiflexion (AOMICOOR-MOVE). Motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes were recorded as a marker of CSE for all conditions from two knee extensor, one dorsi flexor, and two plantar flexor muscles following TMS to the right leg representation of the left primary motor cortex. A main effect for experimental condition was reported for all three muscle groups. MEP amplitudes were significantly greater in the AOMICONG condition compared to the BLNH condition (p = .04) for the knee extensors, AOMICOOR-FUNC condition compared to the BLH condition (p = .03) for the plantar flexors, and AOMICOOR-MOVE condition compared to the two baseline conditions for the dorsi flexors (ps ≤ .01). The study findings support the notion that changes in CSE are driven by the imagined actions during coordinative AOMI.
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- Neza Grilc
- Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, HNZW 271, Heinz Wolff Building, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK
- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- School of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, HNZW 271, Heinz Wolff Building, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK.
- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK.
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Ishikawa K, Kaneko N, Sasaki A, Nakazawa K. Modulation of lower limb muscle corticospinal excitability during various types of motor imagery. Neurosci Lett 2024; 818:137551. [PMID: 37926294 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Motor imagery (MI) is used for rehabilitation and sports training. Previous studies focusing on the upper limb have investigated the effects of MI on corticospinal excitability in the muscles involved in the imagined movement (i.e., the agonist muscles). The present study focused on several lower-limb movements and investigated the influences of MI on corticospinal excitability in the lower limb muscles. Twelve healthy individuals (ten male and two female individuals) participated in this study. Motor-evoked potentials (MEP) from the rectus femoris (RF), biceps femoris (BF), tibialis anterior (TA), and soleus (SOL) muscles were elicited through transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the primary motor cortex during MI of knee extension, knee flexion, ankle dorsiflexion, and ankle plantarflexion and at rest. The results showed that the RF MEPs were significantly increased during MI in knee extension, ankle dorsiflexion, and ankle plantarflexion but not in knee flexion, compared with those at rest. The TA MEPs were significantly increased during MI in knee extension and foot dorsiflexion, while MEPs were not significantly different during MI in knee flexion and foot dorsiflexion than those at rest. For the BF and SOL muscles, there was no significant MEP modulation in either MI. These results demonstrated that corticospinal excitability of the RF and TA muscles was facilitated during MI of movements in which they are active and during MI of lower-limb movements in which they are not involved. On the contrary, corticospinal excitability of the BF and SOL muscles was not facilitated by MI of lower-limb movements. These results suggest that facilitation of corticospinal excitability depends on the muscle and the type of lower-limb MI.
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- Keiichi Ishikawa
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
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Brusa F, Erden MS, Sedda A. More implicit and more explicit motor imagery tasks for exploring the mental representation of hands and feet in action. Exp Brain Res 2023; 241:2765-2778. [PMID: 37855915 PMCID: PMC10635989 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-023-06718-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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The mental representation of the body in action can be explored using motor imagery (MI) tasks. MI tasks can be allocated along a continuum going from more implicit to more explicit tasks, where the discriminant is the degree of action monitoring required to solve the tasks (which is the awareness of using the mental representation of our own body to monitor our motor imagery). Tasks based on laterality judgments, such as the Hand Laterality Task (HLT) and the Foot Laterality Task (FLT), provide an example of more implicit tasks (i.e., less action monitoring is required). While, an example of a more explicit task is the Mental Motor Chronometry task (MMC) for hands and feet, where individuals are asked to perform or imagine performing movements with their limbs (i.e., more action monitoring is required). In our study, we directly compared hands and feet at all these tasks for the first time, as these body districts have different physical features as well as functions. Fifty-five participants were asked to complete an online version of the HLT and FLT (more implicit measure), and an online version of the MMC task for hands and feet (more explicit measure). The mental representation of hands and feet in action differed only when the degree of action monitoring decreased (HLT ≠ FLT); we observed the presence of biomechanical constraints only for hands. Differently, when the degree of action monitoring increased hands and feet did not show any difference (MMC hands = MMC feet). Our results show the presence of a difference in the mental representation of hands and feet in action that specifically depends on the degree of action monitoring.
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- Federico Brusa
- Psychology Department, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
- Centre for Applied Behavioural Sciences, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
- Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Edinburgh, UK
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- Psychology Department, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
- Centre for Applied Behavioural Sciences, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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Riquelme-Hernández C, Reyes-Barría JP, Vargas A, Gonzalez-Robaina Y, Zapata-Lamana R, Toloza-Ramirez D, Parra-Rizo MA, Cigarroa I. Effects of the Practice of Movement Representation Techniques in People Undergoing Knee and Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review. Sports (Basel) 2022; 10:sports10120198. [PMID: 36548495 PMCID: PMC9782171 DOI: 10.3390/sports10120198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the effects of movement representation techniques (MRT) combined with conventional physical therapy (CFT) in people undergoing knee and hip arthroplasty compared to conventional physical therapy alone in terms of results in physical and functionality variables, cognitive function, and quality of life. METHODOLOGY the review was carried out according to the criteria of the PRISMA statement, considering studies in the electronic databases PubMed/Medline, Pubmed Central/Medline, Web of Science, EBSCO, and ScienceDirect. RESULTS MRT plus CFT generated therapeutic effects in some aspects of the physical variables: 100% pain (7 of 7 studies); 100% strength (5 out of 5 studies); range of motion 87.5% (7 out of 8 studies); 100% speed (1 of 1 study), functional variables: 100% gait (7 of 7 studies); functional capacity 87.5% (7 out of 8 studies); cognitive variables: 100% motor visualization ability (2 out of 2 studies); cognitive performance 100% (2 of 2 studies); and quality of life 66.6% (2 of 3 studies). When comparing its effects with conventional physical therapy, the variables that reported the greatest statistically significant changes were motor visualization ability, speed, pain, strength and gait. The most used MRT was motor imagery (MI), and the average time extension of therapies was 3.5 weeks. CONCLUSIONS movement representation techniques combined with conventional physical therapy are an innocuous and low-cost therapeutic intervention with therapeutic effects in patients with knee arthroplasty (KA) and hip arthroplasty (HA), and this combination generates greater therapeutic effects in physical, functional, and cognitive variables than conventional physical therapy alone.
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- Escuela de Kinesiología, Departamento de Salud, Universidad de los Lagos, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile
- Clínica Resilient, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile
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- Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, School of Speech Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 7591538, Chile
- Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8320000, Chile
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002 Valencia, Spain
- Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Campus of Elche, Miguel Hernández University (UMH), 03202 Elche, Spain
- Correspondence: (M.A.P.-R.); (I.C.)
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- Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile
- Correspondence: (M.A.P.-R.); (I.C.)
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Kaneko N, Sasaki A, Yokoyama H, Masugi Y, Nakazawa K. Effects of action observation and motor imagery of walking on the corticospinal and spinal motoneuron excitability and motor imagery ability in healthy participants. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0266000. [PMID: 35436303 PMCID: PMC9015126 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Action observation (AO) and motor imagery (MI) are used for the rehabilitation of patients who face difficulty walking. Rehabilitation involving AO, MI, and AO combined with MI (AO+MI) facilitates gait recovery after neurological disorders. However, the mechanism by which it positively affects gait function is unclear. We previously examined the neural mechanisms underlying AO and MI of walking, focusing on AO+MI and corticospinal and spinal motor neuron excitability, which play important roles in gait function. Herein, we investigated the effects of a short intervention using AO+MI of walking on the corticospinal and spinal motor neuron excitability and MI ability of participants. Twelve healthy individuals participated in this study, which consisted of a 20 min intervention. Before the experiment, we measured MI ability using the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire-2 (VMIQ-2). We used motor evoked potential and F-wave measurements to evaluate the corticospinal and spinal motor neuron excitability at rest, pre-intervention, 0 min, and 15 min post-intervention. We also measured corticospinal excitability during MI of walking and the participant’s ability to perform MI using a visual analog scale (VAS). There were no significant changes in corticospinal and spinal motor neuron excitability during and after the intervention using AO+MI (p>0.05). The intervention temporarily increased VAS scores, thus indicating clearer MI (p<0.05); however, it did not influence corticospinal excitability during MI of walking (p>0.05). Furthermore, there was no significant correlation between the VMIQ-2 and VAS scores and changes in corticospinal and spinal motor neuron excitability. Therefore, one short intervention using AO+MI increased MI ability in healthy individuals; however, it was insufficient to induce plastic changes at the cortical and spinal levels. Moreover, the effects of intervention using AO+MI were not associated with MI ability. Our findings provide information about intervention using AO+MI in healthy individuals and might be helpful in planning neurorehabilitation strategies.
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- Naotsugu Kaneko
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- School of Health Sciences, Tokyo International University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Wieland B, Behringer M, Zentgraf K. Motor imagery and the muscle system. Int J Psychophysiol 2022; 174:57-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rurak BK, Rodrigues JP, Power BD, Drummond PD, Vallence AM. Reduced Cerebellar Brain Inhibition Measured Using Dual-Site TMS in Older Than in Younger Adults. THE CEREBELLUM 2021; 21:23-38. [PMID: 33880658 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-021-01267-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Dual-site transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can be used to measure the cerebellar inhibitory influence on the primary motor cortex, known as cerebellar brain inhibition (CBI), which is thought to be important for motor control. The aim of this study was to determine whether age-related differences in CBI (measured at rest) were associated with an age-related decline in bilateral motor control measured using the Purdue Pegboard task, the Four Square Step Test, and a 10-m walk. In addition, we examined test re-test reliability of CBI measured using dual-site TMS with a figure-of-eight coil in two sessions. There were three novel findings. First, CBI was less in older than in younger adults, which is likely underpinned by an age-related loss of Purkinje cells. Second, greater CBI was associated with faster 10-m walking performance in older adults, but slower 10-m walking performance in younger adults. Third, moderate intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs: 0.53) were found for CBI in younger adults; poor ICCs were found for CBI (ICC: 0.40) in older adults. Together, these results have important implications for the use of dual-site TMS to increase our understanding of age- and disease-related changes in cortical motor networks, and the role of functional connectivity in motor control.
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- B K Rurak
- Discipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. .,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Perth, WA, 6150, Australia.
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- Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.,School of Medicine Fremantle, University of Notre Dame Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Discipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Perth, WA, 6150, Australia
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- Discipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Perth, WA, 6150, Australia.,Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
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Nakayama H, Kawakami M, Takahashi Y, Kondo K, Shimizu E. The changes in spinal reciprocal inhibition during motor imagery in lower extremity. Neurol Sci 2021; 42:3813-3820. [PMID: 33464412 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05054-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Motor imagery (MI) is known to improve motor function through enhancement of motor cortex activity. Spinal reciprocal inhibition (RI) is modulated by motor cortex activity, and, therefore, MI may change RI. The aim of this study was to examine the changes in RI during MI involving the lower extremity. Spinal RI was measured from the tibialis anterior (TA) to the soleus (SOL). Eleven healthy adults participated in experiment 1. All participants performed the following three conditions, and RI was assessed during each condition: (1) resting condition; (2) MI of ankle dorsiflexion condition (MI-DF); and (3) MI of ankle plantarflexion condition (MI-PF). Twelve healthy adults participated in experiment 2. All participants performed the following two conditions, and RI was assessed before and after MI practice for 10 min: (1) resting condition and (2) MI-DF. The interval between the conditioning and test stimulus (inter-stimulus interval; ISI) was set at 0, 1, 2, or 3 ms and 20 ms. In experiment 1, RI during MI-PF was significantly decreased compared with that during resting with both stimulus intervals. RI during MI-DF showed no significant change compared with that during resting with both ISIs. In experiment 2, the difference between the rest condition and the MI-DF condition after the MI task with ISI of 20 ms was significantly higher than before the MI task. Our findings suggest that real-time changes in RI during MI involving the lower extremity may vary depending on the direction of motion and MI practice.
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- Hideto Nakayama
- Yatsu Hoken Hospital, 4-6-16 Yatsu, Narashino-shi, Chiba, 275-0026, Japan.,Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital, 4-1-1 Yatsu, Narashino-shi, Chiba, 275-0026, Japan.,Department of Cognitive Behavioral Physiology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Chuo-ku, inohana, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital, 4-1-1 Yatsu, Narashino-shi, Chiba, 275-0026, Japan. .,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital, 4-1-1 Yatsu, Narashino-shi, Chiba, 275-0026, Japan
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- Department of Cognitive Behavioral Physiology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Chuo-ku, inohana, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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Spatial constraints and cognitive fatigue affect motor imagery of walking in people with multiple sclerosis. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21938. [PMID: 33318605 PMCID: PMC7736576 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79095-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Motor imagery (MI) is the mental simulation of an action without any overt motor execution. Interestingly, a temporal coupling between durations of real and imagined movements, i.e., the so-called isochrony principle, has been demonstrated in healthy adults. On the contrary, anisochrony has frequently been reported in elderly subjects or those with neurological disease such as Parkinson disease or multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, we tested whether people with MS (PwMS) may have impaired MI when they imagined themselves walking on paths with different widths. When required to mentally simulate a walking movement along a constrained pathway, PwMS tended to overestimate mental movement duration with respect to actual movement duration. Interestingly, in line with previous evidence, cognitive fatigue was found to play a role in the MI of PwMS. These results suggest that investigating the relationship between cognitive fatigue and MI performances could be key to shedding new light on the motor representation of PwMS and providing critical insights into effective and tailored rehabilitative treatments.
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Wieland B, Behringer M, Zentgraf K. WITHDRAWN: Motor imagery and the muscle system. Int J Psychophysiol 2020; 156:87-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Brain Connectivity Modulation After Exoskeleton-Assisted Gait in Chronic Hemiplegic Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Study. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2020; 99:694-700. [PMID: 32084035 DOI: 10.1097/phm.0000000000001395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate electroencephalographic (EEG) connectivity short-term changes, quantified by node strength and betweenness centrality, induced by a single trial of exoskeleton-assisted gait in chronic stroke survivors. DESIGN Study design was randomized crossover. Electroencephalographic data (64-channel system) were recorded before gait (baseline) and after unassisted overground walking and overground exoskeleton-assisted walking. Coherence was estimated for alpha1, alpha2, and beta frequency ranges. Graph analysis assessed network model properties: node strength and betweenness centrality. RESULTS Nine participants were included in the final analysis. In the group (four participants) with a left-hemisphere stroke lesion (dominant hemisphere), over the vertex, node strength increased in alpha1, alpha2, and beta bands, and betweenness centrality decreased in alpha2 both after unassisted overground walking and exoskeleton-assisted walking. In the group (five participants) with a right-hemisphere lesion (nondominant hemisphere), node strength increased in alpha1 and alpha2 over the contralesional sensorimotor area and ipsilesional prefrontal area after overground exoskeleton-assisted walking, compared with baseline and unassisted overground walking. CONCLUSION A single session of exoskeleton training provides short-term neuroplastic modulation in chronic stroke. In participants with a nondominant hemisphere lesion, exoskeleton training induces activations similar to those observed in able-bodied participants, suggesting a role of lesion lateralization in networks' reorganization.
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Ito T, Tsubahara A, Shiraga Y, Yoshimura Y, Kimura D, Suzuki K, Hanayama K. Motor activation is modulated by visual experience during cyclic gait observation: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228389. [PMID: 31990939 PMCID: PMC6986743 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been widely utilized to noninvasively explore the motor system during the observation of human movement. However, few studies have characterized motor cortex activity during periodic gait observation. Thus, this study examined the effects of an observer's visual experience and/or intention to imitate on corticospinal excitability during the observation of another's gait. Twenty-six healthy volunteers were included in this study and allocated to two different groups. Participants in the visual experience group had formal experience with gait observation (physical therapist training), while those in the control group did not. Motor-evoked potentials induced by TMS in the tibialis anterior and soleus muscles were measured as surrogates of corticospinal excitability. Participants were seated and, while resting, they observed a demonstrator's gait or observed it with the intention to subsequently reproduce it. Compared with the resting state, cyclic gait observation led to significant corticospinal facilitation in the tibialis anterior and soleus muscles. However, this pattern of corticospinal facilitation in the measured muscles was not coupled to the pattern of crural muscle activity during actual gait and was independent of the step cycle. This motor cortex facilitation effect during gait observation was enhanced by the observer's visual experience in a manner that was not step cycle-dependent, while the observer's intent to imitate did not affect corticospinal excitatory input to either muscle. In addition, visual experience did not modulate corticospinal excitability in gait-related crural muscles. Our findings indicate that motor cortex activity during gait observation is not in line with the timing of muscle activity during gait execution and is modulated by an individual's gait observation experience. These results suggest that visual experience acquired from repetitive gait observation may facilitate the motor system's control on bipedal walking, but may not promote the learning of muscle activity patterns.
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- Tomotaka Ito
- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Center, Kawasaki Medical School Hospital, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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Takahashi Y, Kawakami M, Yamaguchi T, Idogawa Y, Tanabe S, Kondo K, Liu M. Effects of Leg Motor Imagery Combined With Electrical Stimulation on Plasticity of Corticospinal Excitability and Spinal Reciprocal Inhibition. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:149. [PMID: 30846928 PMCID: PMC6393385 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Motor imagery (MI) combined with electrical stimulation (ES) enhances upper-limb corticospinal excitability. However, its after-effects on both lower limb corticospinal excitability and spinal reciprocal inhibition remain unknown. We aimed to investigate the effects of MI combined with peripheral nerve ES (MI + ES) on the plasticity of lower limb corticospinal excitability and spinal reciprocal inhibition. Seventeen healthy individuals performed the following three tasks on different days, in a random order: (1) MI alone; (2) ES alone; and (3) MI + ES. The MI task consisted of repetitive right ankle dorsiflexion for 20 min. ES was percutaneously applied to the common peroneal nerve at a frequency of 100 Hz and intensity of 120% of the sensory threshold of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle. We examined changes in motor-evoked potential (MEP) of the TA (task-related muscle) and soleus muscle (SOL; task-unrelated muscle). We also examined disynaptic reciprocal inhibition before, immediately after, and 10, 20, and 30 min after the task. MI + ES significantly increased TA MEPs immediately and 10 min after the task compared with baseline, but did not change the task-unrelated muscle (SOL) MEPs. MI + ES resulted in a significant increase in the magnitude of reciprocal inhibition immediately and 10 min after the task compared with baseline. MI and ES alone did not affect TA MEPs or reciprocal inhibition. MI combined with ES is effective in inducing plastic changes in lower limb corticospinal excitability and reciprocal Ia inhibition.
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- Yoko Takahashi
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Physical Therapy, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Yamagata, Japan
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- Faculty of Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Thompson AK, Carruth H, Haywood R, Hill NJ, Sarnacki WA, McCane LM, Wolpaw JR, McFarland DJ. Effects of Sensorimotor Rhythm Modulation on the Human Flexor Carpi Radialis H-Reflex. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:505. [PMID: 30090056 PMCID: PMC6068279 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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People can learn over training sessions to increase or decrease sensorimotor rhythms (SMRs) in the electroencephalogram (EEG). Activity-dependent brain plasticity is thought to guide spinal plasticity during motor skill learning; thus, SMR training may affect spinal reflexes and thereby influence motor control. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the effects of learned mu (8–13 Hz) SMR modulation on the flexor carpi radialis (FCR) H-reflex in 6 subjects with no known neurological conditions and 2 subjects with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). All subjects had learned and practiced over more than 10 < 30-min training sessions to increase (SMR-up trials) and decrease (SMR-down trials) mu-rhythm amplitude over the hand/arm area of left sensorimotor cortex with ≥80% accuracy. Right FCR H-reflexes were elicited at random times during SMR-up and SMR-down trials, and in between trials. SMR modulation affected H-reflex size. In all the neurologically normal subjects, the H-reflex was significantly larger [116% ± 6 (mean ± SE)] during SMR-up trials than between trials, and significantly smaller (92% ± 1) during SMR-down trials than between trials (p < 0.05 for both, paired t-test). One subject with SCI showed similar H-reflex size dependence (high for SMR-up trials, low for SMR-down trials): the other subject with SCI showed no dependence. These results support the hypothesis that SMR modulation has predictable effects on spinal reflex excitability in people who are neurologically normal; they also suggest that it might be used to enhance therapies that seek to improve functional recovery in some individuals with SCI or other CNS disorders.
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- Aiko K Thompson
- Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States
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- Division Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Division Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Burke Neurological Institute, White Plains, NY, United States.,Blythedale Children's Hospital, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States
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- National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States
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- National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States.,Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, United States
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- National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States
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Yokota H, Mizuguchi N, Kakigi R, Nakata H. Modulation of corticospinal excitability during positive and negative motor imageries. Neurosci Lett 2018; 672:1-5. [PMID: 29466720 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We investigated corticospinal excitability during positive (execution) and negative (suppression) imageries for the right and left upper and lower limbs. In the Positive Imagery tasks, sixteen subjects were instructed to repeatedly imagine rotation of the index finger of the right or left hand, or the ankle of the right or left foot. In the Negative Imagery tasks, they were asked to imagine the suppression of movements for the index finger of the right or left hand, or the ankle of the right or left foot. A single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation was delivered over the left hand primary motor cortex, and motor evoked potentials (MEPs) were recorded from the right first dorsal interosseous (FDI) muscle under all conditions. The MEP amplitudes of the FDI were significantly larger in the Positive and Negative Imagery tasks than in the resting control task during motor imagery of the right hand, left hand, and left foot, but not during that of right foot. Our results indicate that imageries of suppressing hand and foot movements enhanced corticospinal excitability.
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- Hayaka Yokota
- Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara City, Japan
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- The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan; Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara City, Japan.
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Nakagawa K, Masugi Y, Saito A, Obata H, Nakazawa K. Influence of motor imagery on spinal reflex excitability of multiple muscles. Neurosci Lett 2018; 668:55-59. [PMID: 29329907 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The effects of motor imagery on spinal reflexes such as the H-reflex are unclear. One reason for this is that the muscles that can be used to record spinal reflexes are limited to traditional evoking methods Recently, transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation has been used for inducing spinal reflexes from multiple muscles and we aimed to examine the effect of motor imagery on spinal reflexes from multiple muscles. Spinal reflexes evoked by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation were recorded from six muscles from lower limbs during motor imagery of right wrist extension and ankle plantarflexion with maximum isometric contraction. During both imaginary tasks, facilitation of spinal reflexes was detected in the ankle ipsilateral plantarflexor and dorsiflexor muscles, but not in thigh, toe or contralateral lower limb muscles. These results suggest that motor imagery of isometric contraction facilitates spinal reflex excitability in muscles of the ipsilateral lower leg and the facilitation does not correspond to the imaginary involved muscles.
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- Kento Nakagawa
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan.
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- Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Tokyo International University, Matoba, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Liberal Arts, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Sensui-cho, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Hamedi M, Salleh SH, Noor AM. Electroencephalographic Motor Imagery Brain Connectivity Analysis for BCI: A Review. Neural Comput 2016; 28:999-1041. [PMID: 27137671 DOI: 10.1162/neco_a_00838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Recent research has reached a consensus on the feasibility of motor imagery brain-computer interface (MI-BCI) for different applications, especially in stroke rehabilitation. Most MI-BCI systems rely on temporal, spectral, and spatial features of single channels to distinguish different MI patterns. However, no successful communication has been established for a completely locked-in subject. To provide more useful and informative features, it has been recommended to take into account the relationships among electroencephalographic (EEG) sensor/source signals in the form of brain connectivity as an efficient tool of neuroscience. In this review, we briefly report the challenges and limitations of conventional MI-BCIs. Brain connectivity analysis, particularly functional and effective, has been described as one of the most promising approaches for improving MI-BCI performance. An extensive literature on EEG-based MI brain connectivity analysis of healthy subjects is reviewed. We subsequently discuss the brain connectomes during left and right hand, feet, and tongue MI movements. Moreover, key components involved in brain connectivity analysis that considerably affect the results are explained. Finally, possible technical shortcomings that may have influenced the results in previous research are addressed and suggestions are provided.
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- Mahyar Hamedi
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Faculty of Bioscience and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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Kolářová B, Krobot A, Polehlová K, Hluštík P, Richards JD. Effect of Gait Imagery Tasks on Lower Limb Muscle Activity With Respect to Body Posture. Percept Mot Skills 2016; 122:411-31. [PMID: 27166324 DOI: 10.1177/0031512516640377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of gait imagery tasks on lower limb muscle activity with respect to body posture. The sitting and standing position and lower limb muscle activity were evaluated in 27 healthy female students (24.4 ± 1.3 years, 167.2 ± 5.2 cm, 60.10 ± 6.4 kg). Surface electromyography was assessed during rest and in three different experimental conditions using mental imagery. These included a rhythmic gait, rhythmic gait simultaneously with observation of a model, and rhythmic gait after performing rhythmic gait. The normalized root mean square EMG values with respect to corresponding rest position were compared using non-parametric statistics. Standing gait imagery tasks had facilitatory effect on proximal lower limb muscle activity. However, electromyography activity of distal leg muscles decreased for all gait imagery tasks in the sitting position, when the proprioceptive feedback was less appropriate. For subsequent gait motor imagery tasks, the muscle activity decreased, probably as result of habituation. In conclusion, the effect of motor imagery on muscle activity appears to depend on relative strength of facilitatory and inhibitory inputs.
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- Barbora Kolářová
- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of General Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Allied Health Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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Task-dependent changes of corticospinal excitability during observation and motor imagery of balance tasks. Neuroscience 2015; 303:535-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Revised: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Case LK, Pineda J, Ramachandran VS. Common coding and dynamic interactions between observed, imagined, and experienced motor and somatosensory activity. Neuropsychologia 2015; 79:233-45. [PMID: 25863237 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2014] [Revised: 03/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Motor imagery and perception - considered generally as forms of motor simulation - share overlapping neural representations with motor production. While much research has focused on the extent of this "common coding," less attention has been paid to how these overlapping representations interact. How do imagined, observed, or produced actions influence one another, and how do we maintain control over our perception and behavior? In the first part of this review we describe interactions between motor production and motor simulation, and explore apparent regulatory mechanisms that balance these processes. Next, we consider the somatosensory system. Numerous studies now support a "sensory mirror system" comprised of neural representations activated by either afferent sensation or vicarious sensation. In the second part of this review we summarize evidence for shared representations of sensation and sensory simulation (including imagery and observed sensation), and suggest that similar interactions and regulation of simulation occur in the somatosensory domain as in the motor domain. We suggest that both motor and somatosensory simulations are flexibly regulated to support simulations congruent with our sensorimotor experience and goals and suppress or separate the influence of those that are not. These regulatory mechanisms are frequently revealed by cases of brain injury but can also be employed to facilitate sensorimotor rehabilitation.
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- Laura K Case
- Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, USA; Pain and Integrative Neuroscience Branch, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, USA
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Yang H, Guan C, Wang CC, Ang KK. Detection of motor imagery of brisk walking from electroencephalogram. J Neurosci Methods 2015; 244:33-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Revised: 05/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Clark BC, Mahato NK, Nakazawa M, Law TD, Thomas JS. The power of the mind: the cortex as a critical determinant of muscle strength/weakness. J Neurophysiol 2014; 112:3219-26. [PMID: 25274345 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00386.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We tested the hypothesis that the nervous system, and the cortex in particular, is a critical determinant of muscle strength/weakness and that a high level of corticospinal inhibition is an important neurophysiological factor regulating force generation. A group of healthy individuals underwent 4 wk of wrist-hand immobilization to induce weakness. Another group also underwent 4 wk of immobilization, but they also performed mental imagery of strong muscle contractions 5 days/wk. Mental imagery has been shown to activate several cortical areas that are involved with actual motor behaviors, including premotor and M1 regions. A control group, who underwent no interventions, also participated in this study. Before, immediately after, and 1 wk following immobilization, we measured wrist flexor strength, voluntary activation (VA), and the cortical silent period (SP; a measure that reflect corticospinal inhibition quantified via transcranial magnetic stimulation). Immobilization decreased strength 45.1 ± 5.0%, impaired VA 23.2 ± 5.8%, and prolonged the SP 13.5 ± 2.6%. Mental imagery training, however, attenuated the loss of strength and VA by ∼50% (23.8 ± 5.6% and 12.9 ± 3.2% reductions, respectively) and eliminated prolongation of the SP (4.8 ± 2.8% reduction). Significant associations were observed between the changes in muscle strength and VA (r = 0.56) and SP (r = -0.39). These findings suggest neurological mechanisms, most likely at the cortical level, contribute significantly to disuse-induced weakness, and that regular activation of the cortical regions via imagery attenuates weakness and VA by maintaining normal levels of inhibition.
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- Brian C Clark
- Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio;
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- Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
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- Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Office of Research, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
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- Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Department of Family Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; and
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- Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
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Teo WP, Chew E. Is motor-imagery brain-computer interface feasible in stroke rehabilitation? PM R 2014; 6:723-8. [PMID: 24429072 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the past 3 decades, interest has increased in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology as a tool for assisting, augmenting, and rehabilitating sensorimotor functions in clinical populations. Initially designed as an assistive device for partial or total body impairments, BCI systems have since been explored as a possible adjuvant therapy in the rehabilitation of patients who have had a stroke. In particular, BCI systems incorporating a robotic manipulanda to passively manipulate affected limbs have been studied. These systems can use a range of invasive (ie, intracranial implanted electrodes) or noninvasive neurophysiologic recording techniques (ie, electroencephalography [EEG], near-infrared spectroscopy, and magnetoencephalography) to establish communication links between the brain and the BCI system. Trials are most commonly performed on EEG-based BCI in comparison with the other techniques because of its high temporal resolution, relatively low setup costs, portability, and noninvasive nature. EEG-based BCI detects event-related desynchronization/synchronization in sensorimotor oscillatory rhythms associated with motor imagery (MI), which in turn drives the BCI. Previous evidence suggests that the process of MI preferentially activates sensorimotor regions similar to actual task performance and that repeated practice of MI can induce plasticity changes in the brain. It is therefore postulated that the combination of MI and BCI may augment rehabilitation gains in patients who have had a stroke by activating corticomotor networks via MI and providing sensory feedback from the affected limb using end-effector robots. In this review we examine the current literature surrounding the feasibility of EEG-based MI-BCI systems in stroke rehabilitation. We also discuss the limitations of using EEG-based MI-BCI in patients who have had a stroke and suggest possible solutions to overcome these limitations.
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- Wei-Peng Teo
- School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Bruce Highway, Rockhampton, Queensland, 4702, Australia(∗).
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- Division of Neurology and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health Systems, Singapore(†)
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Manella KJ, Roach KE, Field-Fote EC. Operant conditioning to increase ankle control or decrease reflex excitability improves reflex modulation and walking function in chronic spinal cord injury. J Neurophysiol 2013; 109:2666-79. [PMID: 23468393 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01039.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ankle clonus is common after spinal cord injury (SCI) and is attributed to loss of supraspinally mediated inhibition of soleus stretch reflexes and maladaptive reorganization of spinal reflex pathways. The maladaptive reorganization underlying ankle clonus is associated with other abnormalities, such as coactivation and reciprocal facilitation of tibialis anterior (TA) and soleus (SOL), which contribute to impaired walking ability in individuals with motor-incomplete SCI. Operant conditioning can increase muscle activation and decrease stretch reflexes in individuals with SCI. We compared two operant conditioning-based interventions in individuals with ankle clonus and impaired walking ability due to SCI. Training included either voluntary TA activation (TA↑) to enhance supraspinal drive or SOL H-reflex suppression (SOL↓) to modulate reflex pathways at the spinal cord level. We measured clonus duration, plantar flexor reflex threshold angle, timed toe tapping, dorsiflexion (DF) active range of motion, lower extremity motor scores (LEMS), walking foot clearance, speed and distance, SOL H-reflex amplitude modulation as an index of reciprocal inhibition, presynaptic inhibition, low-frequency depression, and SOL-to-TA clonus coactivation ratio. TA↑ decreased plantar flexor reflex threshold angle (-4.33°) and DF active range-of-motion angle (-4.32°) and increased LEMS of DF (+0.8 points), total LEMS of the training leg (+2.2 points), and nontraining leg (+0.8 points), and increased walking foot clearance (+ 4.8 mm) and distance (+12.09 m). SOL↓ decreased SOL-to-TA coactivation ratio (-0.21), increased nontraining leg LEMS (+1.8 points), walking speed (+0.02 m/s), and distance (+6.25 m). In sum, we found increased voluntary control associated with TA↑ outcomes and decreased reflex excitability associated with SOL↓ outcomes.
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- Kathleen J Manella
- Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33146, USA
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Raffin E, Mattout J, Reilly KT, Giraux P. Disentangling motor execution from motor imagery with the phantom limb. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 135:582-95. [PMID: 22345089 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Amputees can move their phantom limb at will. These 'movements without movements' have generally been considered as motor imagery rather than motor execution, but amputees can in fact perform both executed and imagined movements with their phantom and they report distinct perceptions during each task. Behavioural evidence for this dual ability comes from the fact that executed movements are associated with stump muscle contractions whereas imagined movements are not, and that phantom executed movements are slower than intact hand executed movements whereas the speed of imagined movements is identical for both hands. Since neither execution nor imagination produces any visible movement, we hypothesized that the perceptual difference between these two motor tasks relies on the activation of distinct cerebral networks. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging and changes in functional connectivity (dynamic causal modelling), we examined the activity associated with imagined and executed movements of the intact and phantom hands of 14 upper-limb amputees. Distinct but partially overlapping cerebral networks were active during both executed and imagined phantom limb movements (both performed at the same speed). A region of interest analysis revealed a 'switch' between execution and imagination; during execution there was more activity in the primary somatosensory cortex, the primary motor cortex and the anterior lobe of the cerebellum, while during imagination there was more activity in the parietal and occipital lobes, and the posterior lobe of the cerebellum. In overlapping areas, task-related differences were detected in the location of activation peaks. The dynamic causal modelling analysis further confirmed the presence of a clear neurophysiological distinction between imagination and execution, as motor imagery and motor execution had opposite effects on the supplementary motor area-primary motor cortex network. This is the first imaging evidence that the neurophysiological network activated during phantom limb movements is similar to that of executed movements of intact limbs and differs from the phantom limb imagination network. The dual ability of amputees to execute and imagine movements of their phantom limb and the fact that these two tasks activate distinct cortical networks are important factors to consider when designing rehabilitation programmes for the treatment of phantom limb pain.
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- Estelle Raffin
- Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Bellevue, CHU de Saint-Etienne, F-42055 Saint-Etienne, France
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Scattina E, Huber A, Menzocchi M, Paoletti G, Carli G, Manzoni D, Santarcangelo EL. Postural effects of imagined leg pain as a function of hypnotizability. Exp Brain Res 2011; 216:341-8. [PMID: 22080105 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2935-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It has been shown that, in subjects with high hypnotizability (Highs), imagined somatosensory stimulation can involuntarily activate the neural circuits involved in the modulation of reflex action. In this vein, aim of the study was to investigate whether the imagery of nociceptive stimulation in one leg may produce both subjective experience of pain and congruent postural adjustments during normal upright stance. The displacement of the centre of pressure (CoP) was studied during imagery of leg pain (LP) and during the control conditions of imagery of tactile stimulation of the same leg and of throat pain (TP) in 12 Highs and 12 low hypnotizable subjects (Lows). The results showed that the vividness of imagery was higher in Highs than in Lows for all tasks and that only Highs reported actually feeling pain during LP and TP. Congruently, during LP only Highs displaced their CoP towards the leg opposite to the one that was the object of painful imagery and increased their CoP mean velocity and area of excursion. Since the Highs' postural changes were not accounted for only by vividness of imagery and perceived pain intensity, high hypnotizability is apparently responsible for part of the postural effects of pain imagery.
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- Eliana Scattina
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Pisa, Via San Zeno 31, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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Menzocchi M, Santarcangelo EL, Carli G, Berthoz A. Hypnotizability-dependent accuracy in the reproduction of haptically explored paths. Exp Brain Res 2011; 216:217-23. [PMID: 22057781 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2922-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The study assessed differences between highly (Highs) and low hypnotizable (Lows) subjects in the blindfolded reproduction of paths connected at acute or obtuse angles. Reproduction attempts were made after path exploration performed by one finger, with or without concomitant cognitive activities (mental computation or imagery of exploring an angle larger than the explored one). The variables analyzed were: subjective experience (scores of the exploring effort, reproduction difficulty, perceived accuracy of reproduction, attention to mental computation and efficacy of imagery), exploration time, relative error in reproduction (under or overestimation) and the percentage of "successful" trials (absolute error <10°). The results showed that the subjective experience of exploration/reproduction and the exploration times are similar in Highs and Lows and that all subjects underestimate the explored angles and reproduce the acute angle more accurately than the obtuse one. Exploration of the acute angle concomitant with imagery of a larger one reduced its underestimation in both groups. Highs exhibited a larger number of successful trials after exploration of the obtuse angle, while Lows (males) decreased their relative error in the reproduction of the acute angle. In conclusion, in the more demanding condition of reproducing an obtuse angle, the Highs' reproduction was more accurate and more independent of cognitive load than that of the Lows.
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Santarcangelo EL, Scattina E, Carli G, Ghelarducci B, Orsini P, Manzoni D. Can imagery become reality? Exp Brain Res 2010; 206:329-35. [PMID: 20848275 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2412-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Previous studies showed that highly hypnotizable persons imagining a specific sensory context behave according to the corresponding real stimulation and perceive their behaviour as involuntary. The aim of the study was to confirm the hypothesis of a translation of sensory imagery into real perception and, thus, of a true involuntary response. We studied the imagery-induced modulation of the vestibulospinal (VS) reflex earlier component in highly (Highs) and low hypnotizable subjects (Lows), as it is not affected by voluntary control, its amplitude depends on the stimulus intensity, and the plane of body sway depends on the position of the head with respect to the trunk. Results showed that the effects of the "obstructive" imagery of anaesthesia are different from those elicited by the "constructive" imagery of head rotation. Indeed, both Highs and Lows having their face forward and reporting high vividness of imagery experienced anaesthesia and reduced their VS reflex amplitude in the frontal plane, while only Highs changed the plane of body sway according to the imagined head rotation that is from the frontal to the sagittal one. These effects cannot be voluntary and should be attributed to translation of sensory imagery into the corresponding real perception.
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- E L Santarcangelo
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Pisa, Via San Zeno 31, Pisa, Italy.
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Vacherot F, Attarian S, Eusebio A, Azulay JP. Excitability of the lower-limb area of the motor cortex in Parkinson's disease. Neurophysiol Clin 2010; 40:201-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2010.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Revised: 04/11/2010] [Accepted: 04/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Karachi C, Grabli D, Bernard FA, Tandé D, Wattiez N, Belaid H, Bardinet E, Prigent A, Nothacker HP, Hunot S, Hartmann A, Lehéricy S, Hirsch EC, François C. Cholinergic mesencephalic neurons are involved in gait and postural disorders in Parkinson disease. J Clin Invest 2010; 120:2745-54. [PMID: 20628197 DOI: 10.1172/jci42642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 321] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gait disorders and postural instability, which are commonly observed in elderly patients with Parkinson disease (PD), respond poorly to dopaminergic agents used to treat other parkinsonian symptoms. The brain structures underlying gait disorders and falls in PD and aging remain to be characterized. Using functional MRI in healthy human subjects, we have shown here that activity of the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR), which is composed of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) and the adjacent cuneiform nucleus, was modulated by the speed of imagined gait, with faster imagined gait activating a discrete cluster within the MLR. Furthermore, the presence of gait disorders in patients with PD and in aged monkeys rendered parkinsonian by MPTP intoxication correlated with loss of PPN cholinergic neurons. Bilateral lesioning of the cholinergic part of the PPN induced gait and postural deficits in nondopaminergic lesioned monkeys. Our data therefore reveal that the cholinergic neurons of the PPN play a central role in controlling gait and posture and represent a possible target for pharmacological treatment of gait disorders in PD.
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- Carine Karachi
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie -Paris 6, CR-ICM, UMR-S975, Paris, France
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Liepert J, Neveling N. Motor excitability during imagination and observation of foot dorsiflexions. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2010; 116:1613-9. [PMID: 19680596 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-009-0287-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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To explore the effects of motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO) of foot movements on motor excitability. Fifteen healthy subjects were studied at rest, during MI of foot dorsiflexions and during watching a video of foot dorsiflexions. Transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to explore corticospinal and intracortical excitability by comparing amplitudes of motor-evoked potentials during the different conditions. F waves were recorded to test the spinal motoneuronal excitability. MI and AO increased corticospinal excitability, but MI was more effective than AO. During MI, intracortical inhibition was reduced. Intracortical facilitation and spinal motoneuronal excitability remained unchanged. Excitability increases were similar for the right and the left leg when recording from the side the subjects had focused their MI on. However, MI of left foot dorsiflexions did not increase excitability in the right tibial anterior muscle. MI and AO of foot dorsiflexions enhance motor excitability. MI induced a disinhibition in the motor cortex. The lack of excitability increase during MI of contralateral foot movements might be related to the alternating movement pattern during walking. MI and AO effects could support the restitution of motor deficits in neurological diseases with impaired motor excitability.
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- Joachim Liepert
- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Kliniken Schmieder Allensbach, Zum Tafelholz 8, 78476 Allensbach, Germany.
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Over the past 2 decades, much work has been carried out on the use of mental practice through motor imagery for optimizing the retraining of motor function in people with physical disabilities. Although much of the clinical work with mental practice has focused on the retraining of upper-extremity tasks, this article reviews the evidence supporting the potential of motor imagery for retraining gait and tasks involving coordinated lower-limb and body movements. First, motor imagery and mental practice are defined, and evidence from physiological and behavioral studies in healthy individuals supporting the capacity to imagine walking activities through motor imagery is examined. Then the effects of stroke, spinal cord injury, lower-limb amputation, and immobilization on motor imagery ability are discussed. Evidence of brain reorganization in healthy individuals following motor imagery training of dancing and of a foot movement sequence is reviewed, and the effects of mental practice on gait and other tasks involving coordinated lower-limb and body movements in people with stroke and in people with Parkinson disease are examined. Lastly, questions pertaining to clinical assessment of motor imagery ability and training strategies are discussed.
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Choi JH, Choi Y, Nam KS, Cho IS, Hwang YT, Kwon YH. Effect of Mental Training on the Balance Control Ability of Healthy Subjects. J Phys Ther Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1589/jpts.22.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Jin Ho Choi
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health and Therapy, Daegu Haany University
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Gangneung Yeongdong College
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology
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