TY - JOUR
T1 - Action observation and motor imagery for rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease
T2 - A systematic review and an integrative hypothesis
AU - Caligiore, Daniele
AU - Mustile, Magda
AU - Spalletta, Gianfranco
AU - Baldassarre, Gianluca
N1 - Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/11/16
Y1 - 2016/11/16
N2 - This article discusses recent evidence supporting the use of action observation therapy and motor imagery practice for rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease. A main question that emerges from the review regards the different effectiveness of these approaches and the possibility of integrating them into a single method to enhance motor behaviour in subjects with Parkinson's disease. In particular, the reviewed studies suggest that action observation therapy can have a positive effect on motor facilitation of patients and that a long-term rehabilitation program based on action observation therapy or motor imagery practice can bring some benefit on their motor recovery. Moreover, the paper discusses how the research on the combined use of action observation and motor imagery for motor improvements in healthy subjects may encourage the combined use of action observation therapy and motor imagery practice for therapeutic aims in Parkinson's disease. To date, this hypothesis has never been experimented.
AB - This article discusses recent evidence supporting the use of action observation therapy and motor imagery practice for rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease. A main question that emerges from the review regards the different effectiveness of these approaches and the possibility of integrating them into a single method to enhance motor behaviour in subjects with Parkinson's disease. In particular, the reviewed studies suggest that action observation therapy can have a positive effect on motor facilitation of patients and that a long-term rehabilitation program based on action observation therapy or motor imagery practice can bring some benefit on their motor recovery. Moreover, the paper discusses how the research on the combined use of action observation and motor imagery for motor improvements in healthy subjects may encourage the combined use of action observation therapy and motor imagery practice for therapeutic aims in Parkinson's disease. To date, this hypothesis has never been experimented.
KW - Review
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.11.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 27865800
VL - 72
SP - 210
EP - 222
JO - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
JF - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
SN - 0149-7634
ER -