The Reaching Phase of Feeding and Self-Care Actions Optimizes Action Observation Effects in Chronic Stroke Subjects.

Background: The Action Observation Therapy (AOT) is a well-established post-stroke rehabilitation treatment based on the theoretical framework of the Mirror Neuron System (MNS) activation. However, AOT protocols are still heterogeneous in terms of video contents of observed actions. Objective: The a...

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Publicado en:Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair Vol. 36; no. 9; pp. 574 - 587
Autores principales: Franceschini, Marco, Ottaviani, Marco, Romano, Paola, Goffredo, Michela, Pournajaf, Sanaz, Lofrumento, Margherita, Proietti, Stefania, Sterpi, Irma, Tricomi, Enrica, Tropea, Peppino, Corbo, Massimo, Fadiga, Luciano, Infarinato, Francesco
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Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Sep2022
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          Franceschini, Marco
          Ottaviani, Marco
          Romano, Paola
          Goffredo, Michela
          Pournajaf, Sanaz
          Lofrumento, Margherita
          Proietti, Stefania
          Sterpi, Irma
          Tricomi, Enrica
          Tropea, Peppino
          Corbo, Massimo
          Fadiga, Luciano
          Infarinato, Francesco
        affil: Department of Neurological and Rehabilitation Sciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Rome, Italy
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          Self Care
          Stroke Patients
          Cerebral Cortex Physiology
          Electroencephalography Evaluation
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Videorecording
          Upper Extremity Physiology
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          Stroke Rehabilitation
          Kruskal-Wallis Test
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          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
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      ab: Background: The Action Observation Therapy (AOT) is a well-established post-stroke rehabilitation treatment based on the theoretical framework of the Mirror Neuron System (MNS) activation. However, AOT protocols are still heterogeneous in terms of video contents of observed actions. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings in stroke patients during the observation of different videos of task-specific upper limb movements, and to define which category of actions can elicit a stronger cortical activation in the observer's brain. Methods: Signals were analyzed from 19 chronic stroke subjects observing customized videos that represented 3 different categories of upper limb actions: Finalized Actions, Non-Finalized Actions, and Control Videos. The Event-Related Desynchronization in the µ and β bands was chosen to identify the involvement of the cerebral cortex: the area of the normalized power spectral density was calculated for each category and, deepening, for the reaching and completion sub-phases of Finalized Actions. For descriptive purposes, the time course of averaged signal power was described. The Kruskal–Wallis test (P <.05) was applied. Results: The analysis showed a greater desynchronization when subjects observed Finalized Actions with respect to Non-Finalized in all recorded areas; Control videos provoked a synchronization in the same areas and frequency bands. The reaching phase of feeding and self-care actions evoked a greater suppression both in µ and β bands. Conclusions: The observation of finalized arm movements seems to elicit the strongest activation of the MNS in chronic stroke patients. This finding may help the clinicians to design future AOT-based stroke rehabilitation protocols. Clinical Trial Registration: Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT04047134.
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