Low back pain: the potential contribution of supraspinal motor control and proprioception

ML Meier, A Vrana, P Schweinhardt - The Neuroscientist, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Motor control, which relies on constant communication between motor and sensory systems,
is crucial for spine posture, stability and movement. Adaptions of motor control occur in low …

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation‐promoted plasticity of the human brain

RG Carson, AR Buick - The Journal of physiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The application of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to paretic limbs has
demonstrated utility for motor rehabilitation following brain injury. When NMES is delivered …

Understanding the role of the primary somatosensory cortex: Opportunities for rehabilitation

MR Borich, SM Brodie, WA Gray, S Ionta, LA Boyd - Neuropsychologia, 2015 - Elsevier
Emerging evidence indicates impairments in somatosensory function may be a major
contributor to motor dysfunction associated with neurologic injury or disorders. However, the …

Review on patient-cooperative control strategies for upper-limb rehabilitation exoskeletons

S Dalla Gasperina, L Roveda, A Pedrocchi… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Technology-supported rehabilitation therapy for neurological patients has gained increasing
interest since the last decades. The literature agrees that the goal of robots should be to …

Walking, gross motor development, and brain functional connectivity in infants and toddlers

N Marrus, AT Eggebrecht, A Todorov, JT Elison… - Cerebral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Infant gross motor development is vital to adaptive function and predictive of both cognitive
outcomes and neurodevelopmental disorders. However, little is known about neural systems …

Why motor imagery is not really motoric: Towards a re-conceptualization in terms of effect-based action control

P Bach, C Frank, W Kunde - Psychological Research, 2024 - Springer
Overt and imagined action seem inextricably linked. Both have similar timing, activate
shared brain circuits, and motor imagery influences overt action and vice versa. Motor …

A personalized multi-channel FES controller based on muscle synergies to support gait rehabilitation after stroke

S Ferrante, N Chia Bejarano, E Ambrosini… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
It has been largely suggested in neuroscience literature that to generate a vast variety of
movements, the Central Nervous System (CNS) recruits a reduced set of coordinated …

The science of consciousness does not need another theory, it needs a minimal unifying model

W Wiese - Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This article discusses a hypothesis recently put forward by Kanai et al., according to which
information generation constitutes a functional basis of, and a sufficient condition for …

Oscillatory entrainment of the motor cortical network during motor imagery is modulated by the feedback modality

M Vukelić, A Gharabaghi - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
Neurofeedback of self-regulated brain activity in circumscribed cortical regions is used as a
novel strategy to facilitate functional restoration following stroke. Basic knowledge about its …

Bridging the gap between motor imagery and motor execution with a brain–robot interface

R Bauer, M Fels, M Vukelić, U Ziemann, A Gharabaghi - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
According to electrophysiological studies motor imagery and motor execution are associated
with perturbations of brain oscillations over spatially similar cortical areas. By contrast …