Mental practice combined with physical practice to enhance hand recovery in stroke patients.

ABSTRACT:

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 Resea

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4241695 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature