BACKGROUND In healthy participants, beneficial effects of motor imagery training on movement execution have been shown for precision, strength, and speed. In the clinical context, it is still debated whether motor imagery provides an effective rehabilitation technique in patients with motor deficits. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of two different types of movement training: motor ima...

the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of different types of imagery on the skills performance of 7-10-year-old soccer players. 45 children (mean age 8.44±1.13 year) with similar imagery abilitywere selected and randomly assigned to three groups (each group 15 subjects). the training protocol was performed three sessions a week for 6 weeks. data analysis indicated a significant ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of using motor imagery training in the rehabilitation of hemiparesis. DESIGN A before-after trial with clinical and behavioral analyses of single cases. SETTING Academic-affiliated rehabilitation hospital. PARTICIPANTS Two survivors of embolic middle cerebral artery stroke that resulted in chronic hemiparesis. INTERVENTION A motor imagery training ...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mental imagery and physical practice on dynamic balance in male patients with multiple sclerosis. this study was semi-experimental and the statistical population included male patients with multiple sclerosis in ahvaz city in 2012 (n=300). for sampling, visual and kinesthetic imagery questionnaire and edss scale were used. finally, 33 patie...

In the present study, we propose a neurofeedback-based motor imagery training system for EEG-based brain-computer interface (BCI). The proposed system can help individuals get the feel of motor imagery by presenting them with real-time brain activation maps on their cortex. Ten healthy participants took part in our experiment, half of whom were trained by the suggested training system and the o...

Introduction. Athletes who develop an immunosuppressed state because of intensive training get upper respiratory infections (URIs) and may respond to meditation. Reflective exercise (RE), a westernized form of Qigong, combines meditation, breathing, and targeted mental attention to an internal pulsatile sensation, previously shown to protect varsity swimmers from URIs during the height of train...

Motor imagery is one common paradigm in brain computer interface (BCI) systems where the user imagines moving a part of his/her body to control a computer. Motor imagery is endogenous and requires a large amount of training for the user to be able to control the BCI. Therefore, the feedback that is provided to the user is critical to ensure informative insight into improving imagery skills. In ...

Although there is converging experimental and clinical evidences suggesting that mental training with motor imagery can improve motor performance, it is unclear how humans can learn movements through mental training despite the lack of sensory feedback from the body and the environment. In a first experiment, we measured the trial-by-trial decrease in durations of executed movements (physical t...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of training using internal imagery (IMI; also known as kinesthetic imagery or first person imagery) with that of external imagery (EMI; also known as third-person visual imagery) of strong muscle contractions on voluntary muscle strengthening. Eighteen young, healthy subjects were randomly assigned to one of three groups (6 in each group): int...

Insomniacs commonly complain that they are unable to get to sleep at night due to unwanted thoughts, worries and concerns. The present study investigated whether brief training in identifying and elaborating an interesting and engaging imagery task for use during the pre-sleep period can reduce unwanted pre-sleep cognitive activity and sleep onset latency. Forty one people with insomnia were gi...