The Mirror Illusion Increases Motor Cortex Excitability in Children With and Without Hemiparesis.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_E8F657712C52
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
The Mirror Illusion Increases Motor Cortex Excitability in Children With and Without Hemiparesis.
Périodique
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Grunt S., Newman C.J., Saxer S., Steinlin M., Weisstanner C., Kaelin-Lang A.
ISSN
1552-6844 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1545-9683
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
03/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
31
Numéro
3
Pages
280-289
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Mirror therapy provides a visual illusion of a normal moving limb by using the mirror reflection of the unaffected arm instead of viewing the paretic limb and is used in rehabilitation to improve hand function. Little is known about the mechanism underlying its effect in children with hemiparesis.
To investigate the effect of the mirror illusion (MI) on the excitability of the primary motor cortex (M1) in children and adolescents.
Twelve patients with hemiparesis (10-20 years) and 8 typically developing subjects (8-17 years) participated. Corticospinal reorganization was classified as contralateral (projection from contralateral hemisphere to affected hand) or ipsilateral (projection from ipsilateral hemisphere to affected hand). M1 excitability of the hemisphere projecting to the affected (nondominant in typically developing subjects) hand was obtained during 2 different conditions using single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Each condition (without/with mirror) consisted of a unimanual and a bimanual task. Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) were recorded from the abductor pollicis brevis and flexor digitorum superficialis muscles.
MEP amplitudes were significantly increased during the mirror condition ( P = .005) in typically developing subjects and in patients with contralateral reorganization. No significant effect of MI was found in subjects with ipsilateral reorganization. MI increased M1 excitability during active movements only. This increase was not correlated to hand function.
MI increases the excitability of M1 in hemiparetic patients with contralateral corticospinal organization and in typically developing subjects. This finding provides neurophysiological evidence supporting the application of mirror therapy in selected children and adolescents with hemiparesis.

Mots-clé
Adolescent, Child, Electromyography, Evoked Potentials, Motor/physiology, Female, Functional Laterality/physiology, Hand/physiopathology, Humans, Illusions, Male, Motor Activity/physiology, Motor Cortex/physiopathology, Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology, Neuronal Plasticity/physiology, Paresis/physiopathology, Paresis/rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Modalities, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, mirror illusion, pediatric rehabilitation, transcranial magnetic stimulation
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
12/12/2016 20:09
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 16:11
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