Combined Action Observation and Motor Imagery Neurofeedback for Modulation of Brain Activity.

ABSTRACT: Motor imagery (MI) and action observation have proven to be efficacious adjuncts to traditional physiotherapy for enhancing motor recovery following stroke. Recently, researchers have used a combined approach called imagined imitation (II), where an individual watches a motor task being performed, while simultaneously imagining they are performing the movement. While neurofeedback (NFB) has been used extensively with MI to improve patients' ability to modulate sensorimotor activity and enhance motor recovery, the effectiveness of using NFB with II to modulate brain activity is unknown. This project tested the ability of participants to modulate sensorimotor activity during electroencephalography-based II-NFB of a complex, multi-part unilateral handshake, and whether this ability transferre

SUBMITTER: Friesen CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5223402 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature