Motor imagery-based rehabilitation: Potential neural correlates and clinical application for functional recovery of motor deficits after stroke

Aging and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 364-371

  Tong, Yanna ^a   Pendy, John T ^b   Li, William A ^b   Du, Huishan ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Geng, Xiaokun ^a,b   Ding, Yuchuan ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical implication; Motor function; Movement; Muscle activation; Neural correlates

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; ENDURANCE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE REHABILITATION; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; UPPER LIMB; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 85021145931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21525250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14336/AD.2016.1012     Document Type: Review

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