Clinical applications of motor imagery in rehabilitation

Multisensory Imagery

Volumn 9781461458791, Issue , 2013, Pages 397-419

  Malouin, Francine ^a,b   Richards, Carol L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental practice; Motor functions; Motor imagery; Motor imagery ability; Phantom limb pain; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875107232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5879-1_21     Document Type: Chapter

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