Functional rehabilitation of a person with transfemoral amputation through guided motor imagery: a case study.
Background: Motor imagery (MI) is a mental technique, absent of physical movement, to foster movement patterns and relieve pain via a training model enacting the brain before the body. This case study assessed MI's efficacy in decreasing phantom limb pain and attaining functional gait and balance af...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Theory & Practice Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 224 - 234 |
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| Formato: | case study pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2021
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