Motor imagery during movement activates the brain more than movement alone after stroke: A pilot study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 843-848

  Dodakian, Lucy ^a   Stewart, Jill Campbell ^a   Cramer, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional; Motor imagery; Neuroimaging; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84921717598     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1844     Document Type: Article

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