《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2017, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (9): 1060-1063.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.09.014

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Advance of Motor Imagery for Upper Limbs Rehabilitation in Patients after Stroke (review)

GAO Jia-huan, HU Xi-quan   

  1. The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
  • Received:2017-01-31 Revised:2017-04-10 Published:2017-09-25 Online:2017-10-10
  • Contact: Correspondence to HU Xi-quan. E-mail: xiquhu@hotmail.com

Abstract: Motor imagery can be classified in several ways, and assessed with various measures. There is a set of program to perform the motor imagery therapy. There are many reasearches about the effects of motor imagery for upper limbs rehabilitation in patients after stroke. Task-based and resting-state functional MRI explore the activation of various areas and functional linkages in cerebral network.

Key words: stroke, upper limb, motor imagery, rehabilitation, functional magnetic resonance imaging, review

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