Motor Imagery to Enhance Recovery After Subcortical Stroke: Who Might Benefit, Daily Dose, and Potential Effects

Simmons, Lucy H.; Sharma, Nikhil; Baron, Jean‐Claude; Pomeroy, Valerie M.

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“…A critical appraisal of the study designs resulted in 4 studies being categorized as Level I evidence (Page, 2000;Page, Levine, & Leonard, 2005Page, Levine, Sisto, & Johnston, 2001b), 2 as Level II (Dijkerman, Ietswaart, Johnston, & MacWalter, 2004;Müller, Bütefisch, Seitz, & Hömberg, 2007), 1 as Level III (Simmons, Sharma, Baron, & Pomeroy, 2008), 6 as Level IV (Butler & Page, 2006;Crosbie, McDonough, Gilmore, & Wiggam, 2004;Hewett, Ford, Levine, & Page, 2007;Page, Levine, & Hill, 2007;Stevens & Phillips Stoykov, 2003;Yoo, Park, & Chung, 2001), and 2 as Level V (Gaggioli, Meneghini, Morganti, Alcaniz, & Riva, 2006;Page, Levine, Sisto, & Johnston, 2001a).…”

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

Nilsen

Gillen

Gordon

2010

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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OBJECTIVE. We sought to determine whether mental practice is an effective intervention to improve upper-limb recovery after stroke. METHOD. We conducted a systematic review of the literature, searching electronic databases for the years 1985 to February 2009. We selected studies according to specified criteria, rated each study for level of evidence, and summarized study elements. RESULTS. Studies differed with respect to design, patient characteristics, intervention protocols, and outcome measures. All studies used imagery of tasks involving movement of the impaired limb. The length of the interventions and number of practice hours varied. Results suggest that mental practice combined with physical practice improves upper-limb recovery. CONCLUSION. When added to physical practice, mental practice is an effective intervention. However, generalizations are difficult to make. Further research is warranted to determine who will benefit from training, the dosing needed, the most effective protocols, whether improvements are retained, and whether mental practice affects perceived occupational performance.

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

Nilsen

Gillen

Gordon

2010

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…Action observation and motor imagery have been flagged as potentially useful tools in rehabilitation from stroke and other brain injuries [1,2]. Improved methods to measure brain activity, including functional magnetic resonance imagining (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), have shown that motor imagery and observation of actions, can, when used effectively, activate the neural motor system in a way that overlaps significantly with that activated during actual movement [3][4][5][6][7].…”

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The relationship between corticospinal excitability during motor imagery and motor imagery ability

Williams

Pearce

Loporto

et al. 2012

Behavioural Brain Research

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It is commonly reported that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex during action observation and motor imagery results in increases in the amplitude of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in muscles specific to the observed or imagined action. This study aimed to determine whether MEP amplitude was related to the motor imagery ability of participants. Participants were 15 healthy, right-handed adults (5 male), with a mean age of 29.7 years. Motor imagery ability was measured using the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire-2 (VMIQ-2) and a hand rotation task. TMS was delivered during observation and imagery of a finger-thumb opposition sequence and MEPs were measured in the abductor pollicis brevis. Significant increases in MEP amplitude, from baseline, were recorded during observation and imagery conditions. The change in amplitude to both observation and imagery was expressed as a percentage of baseline amplitude. There was a significant correlation between MEP change for the imagery condition and imagery ability, with greater change linked to more vivid images and faster response times. The relationship between MEP change for the observation condition and imagery ability was less salient. This is the first study to show that the strength of corticospinal activation during imagery, which may be a determinant of the effectiveness of imagery training, is related to imagery ability in the general population, and has implications for clinical programs.

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“…However, several studies (Johnson, 2000;Simmons, et al, 2008;Sirigu, et al, 1996) also revealed that MI ability is not well preserved in all neurological patients. As such, a thorough screening of patients' MI ability is recommended to identify those patients who might not benefit from this technique, or who need additional training with this method first before using it as a training tool.…”

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Evaluation of motor imagery ability in neurological patients: a review

Heremans

Vercruysse

Spildooren

et al. 2013

Mov Sport Sci/Sci Mot

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Abstract. Motor imagery is a promising new intervention strategy within neurological rehabilitation. However, previous studies have shown that the ability to perform motor imagery is not well preserved in all neurological patients. Therefore, patients' motor imagery ability needs to be thoroughly examined when they are included in motor imagery rehabilitation programs or studies. In the past, objective methods to evaluate motor imagery were lacking rigour, and participants' imagery ability was often insufficiently assessed. The present paper discusses several methods to assess motor imagery ability and discusses their specific advantages and disadvantages. As well, an overview is given of studies applying these methods in patients with stroke, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Key words:Motor imagery, eye movements, hand movements, mental practice, imagery ability, neurorehabilitation Résumé.Évaluation des capacités d'imagerie motrice chez les patients victimes d'une atteinte neurologique.L'imagerie motrice est une technique prometteuse pour la réadaptation des patients victimes d'une atteinte neurologique. Plusieursétudes ont cependant montré que la capacitéà utiliser efficacement l'imagerie motrice n'est pas nécessairement préservée chez tous les patients. Aussi, il est indispensable de l'évaluer objectivement avant d'incorporer un travail mental au cours des programmes de rééducation. Par le passé, les méthodes objectives utilisées pourévaluer les capacités individuelles d'imagerie ont souvent manqué de rigueur. Parfois, ces capacités n'étaient même pas considérées. Cet article présente les avantages et inconvénients des différentes méthodes permettant de le faire. Les applications chez les patients ayant subi un accident vasculaire cérébral et les personnes atteintes de la maladie de Parkinson ou de la sclérose en plaques sontégalement abordées.

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Motor Imagery to Enhance Recovery After Subcortical Stroke: Who Might Benefit, Daily Dose, and Potential Effects

Abstract: MIT was received positively by patients, but 40% were unable to perform imagery and interindividual variations were found on motor function.

Cited by 95 publications

References 26 publications

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

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

The relationship between corticospinal excitability during motor imagery and motor imagery ability

Evaluation of motor imagery ability in neurological patients: a review

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