Mental Practice in Chronic Stroke Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 1293 - 1297
• Main Authors: Page, Stephen J., Levine, Peter, Leonard, Anthony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.04.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arm - innervation; Arm - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Chronic Disease - rehabilitation; Disability Evaluation; Female; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Humans; Imagery (Psychotherapy) - methods; Imagery (Psychotherapy) - statistics & numerical data; Imagery (Psychotherapy) - trends; Imagination - physiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Motor Cortex - physiopathology; Motor Skills - physiology; Movement - physiology; Muscle; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Paresis - physiopathology; Paresis - psychology; Paresis - rehabilitation; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Physical Therapy Modalities - statistics & numerical data; Physical Therapy Modalities - trends; Placebos; Stroke - physiopathology; Stroke - psychology; Stroke Rehabilitation; Treatment Outcome; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Hemiparesis; Stroke; Nervous system diseases; Motor system disorder; Cardiovascular disease; randomized controlled trials; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; stroke recovery; Chronic; Treatment; Central nervous system disease; Rehabilitation; Neurological disorder; Cerebrovascular disease; occupational therapy

Background and Purpose— Mental practice (MP) of a particular motor skill has repeatedly been shown to activate the same musculature and neural areas as physical practice of the skill. Pilot study results suggest that a rehabilitation program incorporating MP of valued motor skills in chronic stroke...