Open AccessPatient-Centered Integrated Motor Imagery Delivered in the Home With Telerehabilitation to Improve Walking After Stroke
Author(s) -
Judith E. Deutsch,
Inbal Maidan,
Ruth Dickstein
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20110277
Subject(s) - telerehabilitation , motor imagery , physical medicine and rehabilitation , sitting , rehabilitation , psychology , gait , task (project management) , physical therapy , medicine , telemedicine , health care , electroencephalography , brain–computer interface , management , pathology , psychiatry , economics , economic growth
This case report describes the clinical reasoning process used to examine a person after stroke and intervene with a novel integrated motor imagery treatment designed for the rehabilitation of walking and delivered in the home through telerehabilitation. The integrated motor imagery treatment consisted of patient-centered goal setting and physical practice combined with motor and motivational imagery.