The potential for utilizing the "mirror neurone system" to enhance recovery of the severely affected upper limb early after stroke: A review and hypothesis

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-13

  Pomeroy, Valerie M ^a   Clark, Christopher A ^a   Miller, J Simon G ^b   Baron, Jean Claude ^c   Markus, Hugh S ^a   Tallis, Raymond C ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mirror neurones; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL AREA F5; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MIRROR NEURONE SYSTEM; MONKEY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 13844318792     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968304274351     Document Type: Review

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