The Influence of Mirror-Visual Feedback on Training-Induced Motor Performance Gains in the Untrained Hand.

ABSTRACT: The well-documented observation of bilateral performance gains following unilateral motor training, a phenomenon known as cross-limb transfer, has important implications for rehabilitation. It has recently been shown that provision of a mirror image of the active hand during unilateral motor training has the capacity to enhance the efficacy of this phenomenon when compared to training without augmented visual feedback (i.e., watching the passive hand), possibly via action observation effects [1]. The current experiment was designed to confirm whether mirror-visual feedback (MVF) during motor training can indeed elicit greater performance gains in the untrained hand compared to more standard visual feedback (i.e., watching the active hand). Furthermore, discussing the mechanisms underlying

SUBMITTER: Reissig P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4627750 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature