Action observation and motor imagery for rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and an integrative hypothesis

NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

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Review

Caligiore, Daniele¹  Mustile, Magda^1,2  Spalletta, Gianfranco^2,3  Baldassarre, Gianluca¹ 

[1] ISTC CNR, Via San Martino Battaglia 44, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[2] Santa Lucia Fdn, Neuropsychiat Lab, Dept Clin & Behav Neurol, IRCCS, Via Ardeatina 306, I-00179 Rome, Italy

[3] Baylor Coll Med, Menninger Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Houston, TX 77030 USA

关键词: Parkinson's disease;    Action observation;    Mirror neurons;    Motor imagery;    Treatments;    Rehabilitation;    Action observation therapy;    Motor imagery practice;    Combined use of action observation;    therapy and motor imagery practice;    Cortical-subcortical neural network;    Neurology;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.11.005

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This article discusses recent evidence supporting the use of action observation therapy and motor imagery practice for rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease. A main question that emerges from the review regards the different effectiveness of these approaches and the possibility of integrating them into a single method to enhance motor behaviour in subjects with Parkinson's disease. In particular, the reviewed studies suggest that action observation therapy can have a positive effect on motor facilitation of patients and that a long-term rehabilitation program based on action observation therapy or motor imagery practice can bring some benefit on their motor recovery. Moreover, the paper discusses how the research on the combined use of action observation and motor imagery for motor improvements in healthy subjects may encourage the combined use of action observation therapy and motor imagery practice for therapeutic aims in Parkinson's disease. To date, this hypothesis has never been experimented. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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