Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual Feedback
Plasticity is one of the most important physiological mechanisms underlying motor recovery from brain lesions. Rehabilitation methods, such as mirror visual feedback therapy, which are based on multisensory integration of motor, cognitive, and perceptual processes, are considered effective methods t...
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| author | Hatice Kumru Sergiu Albu Raul Pelayo John Rothwell Eloy Opisso Daniel Leon Dolor Soler Josep Maria Tormos |
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| description | Plasticity is one of the most important physiological mechanisms underlying motor recovery from brain lesions. Rehabilitation methods, such as mirror visual feedback therapy, which are based on multisensory integration of motor, cognitive, and perceptual processes, are considered effective methods to induce cortical reorganization. The present study investigated 3 different types of visual feedback (direct, mirrored, and blocked visual feedback: DVF, MVF, and BVF, resp.) on M1 cortex excitability and intracortical inhibition/facilitation at rest and during phasic unimanual motor task in 11 healthy individuals. The excitability of the ipsilateral M1 cortex and the intracortical facilitation increased during motor task performance in the DVF and MVF but not in the BVF condition. In addition, MVF induced cortical disinhibition of the ipsilateral hemisphere to the index finger performing the motor task, which was greater when compared to the BVF and restricted to the homologue first dorsal interosseous muscle. The visual feedback is relevant to M1 cortex excitability modulation but the MVF plays a crucial role in promoting changes in intracortical inhibition in comparison to BVF. Altogether, it can be concluded that a combination of motor training with MVF therapy may induce more robust neuroplastic changes through multisensory integration that is relevant to motor rehabilitation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b51b81cad0e04a99b32350eca3be74992025-02-03T01:09:00ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432016-01-01201610.1155/2016/60878966087896Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual FeedbackHatice Kumru0Sergiu Albu1Raul Pelayo2John Rothwell3Eloy Opisso4Daniel Leon5Dolor Soler6Josep Maria Tormos7Fundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, 08916 Barcelona, SpainTexas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4235, USAFundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, 08916 Barcelona, SpainInstitute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UKFundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, 08916 Barcelona, SpainFundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, 08916 Barcelona, SpainFundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, 08916 Barcelona, SpainFundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, 08916 Barcelona, SpainPlasticity is one of the most important physiological mechanisms underlying motor recovery from brain lesions. Rehabilitation methods, such as mirror visual feedback therapy, which are based on multisensory integration of motor, cognitive, and perceptual processes, are considered effective methods to induce cortical reorganization. The present study investigated 3 different types of visual feedback (direct, mirrored, and blocked visual feedback: DVF, MVF, and BVF, resp.) on M1 cortex excitability and intracortical inhibition/facilitation at rest and during phasic unimanual motor task in 11 healthy individuals. The excitability of the ipsilateral M1 cortex and the intracortical facilitation increased during motor task performance in the DVF and MVF but not in the BVF condition. In addition, MVF induced cortical disinhibition of the ipsilateral hemisphere to the index finger performing the motor task, which was greater when compared to the BVF and restricted to the homologue first dorsal interosseous muscle. The visual feedback is relevant to M1 cortex excitability modulation but the MVF plays a crucial role in promoting changes in intracortical inhibition in comparison to BVF. Altogether, it can be concluded that a combination of motor training with MVF therapy may induce more robust neuroplastic changes through multisensory integration that is relevant to motor rehabilitation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6087896 |
| spellingShingle | Hatice Kumru Sergiu Albu Raul Pelayo John Rothwell Eloy Opisso Daniel Leon Dolor Soler Josep Maria Tormos Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual Feedback Neural Plasticity |
| title | Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual Feedback |
| title_full | Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual Feedback |
| title_fullStr | Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual Feedback |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual Feedback |
| title_short | Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual Feedback |
| title_sort | motor cortex plasticity during unilateral finger movement with mirror visual feedback |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6087896 |
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