Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Every year, 15 million people worldwide suffer a stroke, when the blood supply to the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.After a stroke, specific pattern of cortical reorganization has been described (1).During the past few years, three principles for remodeling motor cortex; forced use of the affected limb (2, 3,), constraining the unaffected limb (5), and massed practice (6), showed very promising results (7,8,9,10) But the question remains: What's the most effective way to reach restoration of the whole body movement?Advances in clinical neurology, embodied cognitive neuroscience and computer technology have made possible the emergence of a new set of neurorehabilitation tools, helping physiatrists and neurologist to find evidence-based answers in the form of clinical trials.Interface here are define as a point of interaction helping communication between the patient and his own body, using feedback and feedforward signals.
Language: English
Subfield: Rehabilitation
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2155810163