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Motor-evoked potentials following imagery and limb disuse. Int J Neurosci. 2006 May;116(5):639-51 Authors: Crews RT, Kamen G This article investigated whether mental imagery training could reduce the detrimental effects produced by limb disuse. Subjects learned a task requiring fifth finger abduction. Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) were obtained from the abductor digiti minimi muscle using transcranial magnetic stimulation. The arm was casted and the experimental group then practiced using imagery. After seven days, variable error scores increased. The immobilization treatment...

PlaydoCAM™ is a free software that allows to use the web camera into a motion-tracking gaming device and play pong or basketball on Mac or PC without installing any new software by the interface mechanism of waving the hands in the air. I tried it and it worked fine... I think that this technology could be effectively used in home-based training for poststroke hemiplegia

From the CP&B website TIES that BIND: An Introduction to Domain Mapping as a Visualization Tool for Virtual Rehabilitation Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss , Rochelle Kedar , Meir...

Functions of the Mirror Neuron System: Implications for Neurorehabilitation. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2006 Mar;19(1):55-63 Authors: Buccino G, Solodkin A, Small SL Mirror neurons discharge...

Cognitive skills analysis, kinesiology, and mental imagery in the acquisition of surgical skills. J Otolaryngol. 2005 Oct;34(5):328-32 Authors: Bathalon S, Dorion D, Darveau S, Martin M...