Motion of the drawing hand induces a progressive increase in muscle activity of the non-dominant hand in Ramachandran's mirror-box therapy

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 939-943

  Furukawa, Kiminobu ^a   Suzuki, Harue ^b   Fukuda, Jun ^b  

^a SEIJOH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drawing; Functional laterality; Mirror box; Motor cortex; Motor overflow; Muscle; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869058530     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1048     Document Type: Article

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