Is it necessary to show virtual limbs in action observation neurorehabilitation systems?

Action observation neurorehabilitation systems are usually based on the observation of a virtual limb performing different kinds of actions. In this way, the activity in the frontoparietal Mirror Neuron System is enhanced, which can be helpful to rehabilitate stroke patients. However, the presence o...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Modroño, Cristián (author)
Outros Autores: Bermúdez, Sergi (author), Cameirão, Mónica (author), Pereira, Fábio (author), Paulino, Teresa (author), Marcano, Francisco (author), Hernández-Martín, Estefanía (author), Plata-Bello, Julio (author), Palenzuela, Nereida (author), Núñez-Pádron, Daniel (author), Pérez-González, José M (author), González-Mora, José L (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2021
Assuntos:
fMRI
Neurorehabilitation
Action observation
Virtual reality
Virtual limbs
Mirror neurons
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Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3079
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:digituma.uma.pt:10400.13/3079
Descrição
Resumo:Action observation neurorehabilitation systems are usually based on the observation of a virtual limb performing different kinds of actions. In this way, the activity in the frontoparietal Mirror Neuron System is enhanced, which can be helpful to rehabilitate stroke patients. However, the presence of limbs in such systems might not be necessary to produce mirror activity, for example, frontoparietal mirror activity can be produced just by the observation of virtual tool movements. The objective of this work was to explore to what point the presence of a virtual limb impacts the Mirror Neuron System activity in neurorehabilitation systems.

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