Short-term cortical plasticity associated with feedback-error learning after locomotor training in a patient with incomplete spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

For rehabilitation strategies to be effective, training should be based on principles of motor learning, such as feedback-error learning, that facilitate adaptive processes in the nervous system by inducing errors and recalibration of sensory and motor systems. This case report suggests that locomotor resistance training can enhance somatosensory and corticospinal excitability and modulate resting-state brain functional connectivity in a patient with motor-incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI).

Case description

The short-term cortical plasticity of a 31-year-old man who had sustained an incomplete SCI 9.5 years previously was explored in response to body-weight-supported treadmill training with velocity-dependent resistance applied with a robotic gait or

SUBMITTER: Chisholm AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4327326 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature