Foot movement representation in the human brain and its plasticity in spinal cord injured patients: Investigating the clinical application of the acquired data in neurological rehabilitation
Description: The learning of a motor sequence, using a visuo-motor foot tracking task, revealed improvements in motor skills as well as changes in brain activation patterns in the motor network. The results suggest that this paradigm provides a means to study neural control of precision leg movement and learning under visual and/or proprioceptive control. This paradigm may be an appropriate tool to assess (loco)motor learning in patients with neurological disorders. In this application I propose two sets of experiments, one related to complete our knowledge on motor learning with the lower extremity especially the role of feedback in a visuo-motor tracking task, the other investigating the clinical application of our acquired data in incomplete spinal cord injured patients.The results will increase our knowledge on feedback representations in visuo-motor tracking tasks and provide latest strategies to improve lower limb function in ambulatory function.
Amount: CHF 86,680
Funding type: fellowship
Funder scheme: Marie Heim-Voegtlin grants
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2010-04-30
Investigator: Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina
Institution: University of Zurich – ZH
Topic: Motor Control and Adaptation
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Funded outputs count: 22
Funder award ID: 124282
OpenAlex ID: G1158641940