Observation of others' actions during limb immobilization prevents the subsequent decay of motor performance.

ABSTRACT: There is rich clinical evidence that observing normally executed actions promotes the recovery of the corresponding action execution in patients with motor deficits. In this study, we assessed the ability of action observation to prevent the decay of healthy individuals' motor abilities following upper-limb immobilization. To this end, upper-limb kinematics was recorded in healthy participants while they performed three reach-to-grasp movements before immobilization and the same movements after 16 h of immobilization. The participants were subdivided into two groups; the experimental group observed, during the immobilization, the same reach-to-grasp movements they had performed before immobilization, whereas the control group observed natural scenarios. After bandage removal, motor impairm

SUBMITTER: De Marco D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8617512 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature