Motor Imagery Practice for Improving Sit to Stand and Reaching to Grasp in Individuals With Poststroke Hemiparesis

Guttman, Avia; Burstin, Arie; Brown, Riki; Bril, Shai; Dickstein, Ruth

doi:10.1310/tsr1904-306

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Motor Imagery Practice for Improving Sit to Stand and Reaching to Grasp in Individuals With Poststroke Hemiparesis

Published in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation • Jun 29, 2012

Authors:

Avia Guttman

Arie Burstin

Riki Brown

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Motor imagery practice refers to the mental rehearsal of motor acts in the absence of actual movement production. PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of motor imagery practice on the performance of sit to stand (STS) and reaching to grasp in subjects with post stroke chronic hemiparesis. MET...

Subject

Hemiparesis

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

Rehabilitation

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