Is mental practice an effective adjunct therapeutic strategy for upper limb motor restoration after stroke? A systematic review and meta-analysis

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 567-575

  Machado, Sergio ^a,d   Lattari, Eduardo ^a,d   De Sá, Alberto Souza ^a,d   Rocha, Nuno B F ^b   Yuan, Ti Fei ^c   Paes, Flávia ^a   Wegner, Mirko ^e   Budde, Henning ^f,g   Nardi, Antonio E ^a   Arias Carrión, Oscar ^h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Physical Activity Sciences Postgraduate Program of Salgado de Oliveira   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f Asklepios Medical School Hamburg   (Germany)

^g REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^h SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Mental practice; Physical practice; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UPPER LIMB MOTOR RESTORATION; CONVALESCENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; UPPER LIMB;

EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84930520006     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871527314666150429112702     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Kleindorfer D, Broderick J, Khoury J, et al. The unchanging incidence and case-fatality of stroke in the 1990s: a populationbased study. Stroke 2006; 37: 2473-8.
2. Rosamond W, Flegal K, Furie K, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2008 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation 2008; 117: 125-46.
3. Cicerone KD, Dahlberg C, Malec JF, et al. Evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation: updated review of the literature from 1998 through 2002. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 86: 1681-92.
4. Gray V, Rice CL, Garland SJ. Factors that influence muscle weakness following stroke and their clinical implications: a critical review. Physiother Can 2012; 64(4): 415-26.
5. Buma F, Kwakkel G, Ramsey N. Understanding upper limb recovery after stroke. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2013; 31(6): 707-22.
6. de Pedro-Cuesta J, Widen-Holmquist L, Bach-y-Rita P. Evaluation of stroke rehabilitation by randomized controlled studies: a review. Acta Neurol Scand 1992; 86: 433-9.
7. Duncan PW. Synthesis of intervention trails to improve motor recovery following stroke. Top Stroke Rehabil 1997; 3: 1-20.
8. Kwakkel G, Kollen BJ, Wagenaar RC. Therapy impact on functional recovery in stroke rehabilitation: a critical review of the literature. Physiotherapy 1999; 13: 457-70.
9. Duncan PW GL, Matchar D, Divine GW, Feussner J. Measurement of motor recovery after stroke. Outcome assessment and sample size requirements. Stroke 1992; 23: 1084-9.
10. Liepert J, Bauder H, Miltner WHR, Taub E, Weiller C. Treatment induced cortical reorganization after stroke in humans. Stroke 2000; 31: 1210-6.
11. Ward NS Cohen LG. Mechanisms underlying recovery of motor function after stroke. Arch Neurol 2004; 61: 1844-8.
12. Calautti C, Baron JC. Functional neuroimaging studies of motor recovery after stroke in adults: A review. Stroke 2003; 34: 1553-66.
13. Stevenson T, Thalman L, Christie H, Poluha W. Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Compared to Dose-Matched Interventions for Upper-Limb Dysfunction in Adult Survivors of Stroke: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis. Physiother Can 2012; 64(4): 397-413.
14. Doyle SD, Bennett S, Dudgeon B. Upper limb post-stroke sensory impairments: the survivor's experience. Disabil Rehabil 2014; 36(12): 993-1000.
15. Kunkel A, Kopp B, Müller GV, illringer K, Villringer A, Taub E, Flor H. Constraint-induced movement therapy for motor recovery in chronic stroke patients. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1999; 80: 624-8.
16. Plummer P, Eskes G, Wallace S, et al. Cognitive-Motor Interference during Functional Mobility after Stroke: State of the Science and Implications for Future Research. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2013; 94(12): 2565-74.
17. Hummelsheim H. Rationales for improving motor function. Curr Opin Neurol 1999; 12: 697-701.
18. Bishop L, Stein J. Three upper limb robotic devices for stroke rehabilitation: A review and clinical perspective. NeuroRehabilitation 2013; 33(1): 3-11.
19. Wolf SL, Winstein CJ, Miller JP, et al. Effect of constraint-induced movement therapy on upper extremity function 3 to 9 months after stroke: the EXCITE randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2006; 296: 2095-104.
20. Volpe BT, Ferraro M, Lynch D, et al. Robotics and other devices in the treatment of patients recovering from stroke. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2005; 5: 465-70.
21. Van Leeuwen R, Inglis JT. Mental practice and imagery: a potential role in stroke rehabilitation. Phys Ther Rev 1998; 3: 47-52.
22. Warner L, McNeill ME. Mental imagery and its potential for physical therapy. Phys Ther 1988; 68: 516-21.
23. Malouin F, Richards CL, Durand A, Doyon J. Clinical assessment of motor imagery after stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2008; 22: 330-40.
24. Dijkerman HC, Letswaart M, Johnston M, MacWalter RS. Does motor imagery training improve hand function in chronic stroke patients? A pilot study. Clin Rehabil 2004; 18: 538-49.
25. Page SJ, Levine P, Leonard AC. Effects of mental practice on affected limb use and function in chronic stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 86: 399-402.
26. Hewitt TE, Ford K, Levine P, Page SJ. Reaching kinematics to measure motor changes after mental practice in stroke. Top Stroke Rehabil 2007; 14: 23-9.
27. Decety J, Grèzes J. Neural mechanisms subserving the perception of human actions. Trends Cogn Sci 1999; 3: 172-8.
28. Jeannerod M. Neural simulation of action: a unifying mechanism for motor cognition. NeuroImage 2001; 14: 103-9.
29. Lotze M, Cohen LG. Volition and imagery in neurorehabilitation. Cogn Behav Neurol 2006; 19: 135-40.
30. Munzert J, Lorey B, Zentgraf K. Cognitive motor processes: the role of motor imagery in the study of motor representations. Brain Res Rev 2009; 60(2): 306-26.
31. Jeannerod M, Anquetil T. Putting oneself in the perspective of the other: a framework for self-other differentiation. Soc Neurosci 2008; 3(3-4): 356-67.
32. Jeannerod M. Being oneself. J Physiol Paris 2007; 101(4-6): 161-8.
33. Decety J. Do imagined and executed actions share the same neural substrate? Cog Brain Res 1996; 3: 87-93.
34. Decety J. The neurophysiological basis of motor imagery. Behav Brain Res 1996; 77: 45-52.
35. Michelon P, Vettel JM, Zacks JM. Lateral somatotopic organization during imagined and prepared movements. J Neurophysiol 2006; 95: 811-22.
36. Jackson PL, Lafleur MF, Malouin F, Richards C, Doyon J. Potential role of mental practice using motor imagery in neurologic rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001; 82: 1133-41.
37. Higgins JP, Green S: Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Chichester, Wiley, 2008, vol 8, p. 649.
38. Page SJ. Imagery improves motor function in chronic stroke patients with hemiplegia: a pilot study. Occ Ther J Res 2000; 20: 200-15.
39. Page SJ, Levine P, Leonard AC. Effects of mental practice on affected limb use and function in chronic stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 86: 399-402.
40. Page SJ, Levine P, Leonard A. Mental practice in chronic stroke: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Stroke 2007; 38: 1293-7.
41. Page SJ, Levine P, Khoury JC. Modified constraint-induced therapy combined with mental practice: thinking through better motor outcomes. Stroke 2009; 40(2): 551-4.
42. Riccio I, Iolascon G, Barillari MR, Gimigliano R, Gimigliano F. Mental practice is effective in upper limb recovery after stroke: a randomized single-blind cross-over study. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2010; 46(1): 19-25.
43. Bovend'Eerdt TJ, Dawes H, Sackley C, Izadi H, Wade DT. An integrated motor imagery program to improve functional task performance in neurorehabilitation: a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2010; 91(6): 939-46.
44. Hemmen B, Seelen HA. Effects of movement imagery and electromyography-triggered feedback on arm hand function in stroke patients in the subacute phase. Clin Rehabil 2007; 21(7): 587-94.
45. Manochio JP, Lattari E, Portugal EMM, et al. From Mind to Body: Is Mental practice effective on strength gains? A metanalysis. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 2015; in press.
46. Brody EB, Hatfield BD, Spalding TW, Frazer MB, Caherty FJ. The effect of a psyching strategy on neuromuscular activation and force production in strength-trained men. Res Q Exerc Sport 2000; 71(2): 162-70.
47. Ranganathan VK, Siemionow V, Liu JZ, Sahgal V, Yue GH. From mental power to muscle power--gaining strength by using the mind. Neuropsychology 2004; 42(7): 944-56.
48. Dettmers C, Fink GR, Lemon RN, Stephan KM, Passingham RE, Silbersweig, D. Relation between cerebral activity and force in the motor areas of the human brain. J Neurophysiol 1995; 74(2): 802-15.
49. Dai TH, Liu JZ, Siemionow V, Ng TC, Yue GH. Simultaneous measurements of human functional MRI, muscle force and EMG. Soc Neurosci Abstr 1999; 25: 1915.
50. Kawashima S, Ueki Y, Kato T, et al. Changes in striatal dopamine release associated with human motor-skill acquisition. PLoS One 2012; 7(2): e31728.
51. Kuhtz-Buschbeck JP, Mahnkopf C, Holzknecht C, Siebner H, Ulmer S, Jansen O. Effector-independent representations of simple and complex imagined finger movements: a combined fMRI and TMS study. Eur J Neurosci 2003; 18(12): 3375-87.
52. Farthing JP, Borowsky R, Chilibeck PD, Binsted G, Sarty GE. Neuro-physiological adaptations associated with cross-education of strength. Brain Topogr 2007; 20(2): 77-88.