Cortical Changes After Mental Imagery Training Combined With Electromyography-Triggered Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Stroke | Zendy

Il Ki Hong | Zendy; Jong Bae Choi | Zendy; Jong Ha Lee | Zendy

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Cortical Changes After Mental Imagery Training Combined With Electromyography-Triggered Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Stroke

Author(s) -

Il Ki Hong,

Jong Bae Choi,

Jong Ha Lee

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.112.663641

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , physical medicine and rehabilitation , motor imagery , stroke (engine) , stimulation , hemiparesis , functional electrical stimulation , electromyography , motor cortex , physical therapy , anesthesia , electroencephalography , surgery , brain–computer interface , lesion , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering

Paresis of the upper extremity after stroke is not effectively solved by existing therapies. We investigated whether mental imagery training combined with electromyogram-triggered electric stimulation improved motor function of the paretic upper extremity in patients with chronic stroke and induced cortical changes.

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