Mental practice improves hand function after hemiparetic stroke

200790 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Katharina Müller · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Cathrin M. Bütefisch · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Rüdiger J. Seitz · Düsseldorf University Hospital

V. Hömberg · St. Mauritius Therapieklinik

Abstract

Our results suggest that the control of finger movements benefits from mental training of sequential finger movements and, thus, may be employed as a strategy in post-stroke rehabilitation.

Topics & Keywords

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Action Observation and Synchronization Motor Control and Adaptation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volume 25, Issue 5-6, pp. 501-511

DOI: 10.3233/rnn-2007-00407

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