Mental practice combined with repetitive task practice to rehabilitate handwriting in children

Mental Practice Combined with Physical Practice to Enhance Hand Recovery in Stroke Patients

OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether combining mental practice with physical practice training enhances hand function in patients with stroke. METHODS 10 for treatment and 10 for control were recruited for this pre/posttraining matched case control study. In the treatment group, subjects underwent combining mental practice with physical practice for four weeks. In the control group, subjects only p...

The Effect of a Combined Practice Course of Mental and Physical Practice with Systematic Increase in Contextual Interference on Learning a Kata Skill

Background. Although some research showed the benefits of a systematic increase in contextual interference (CI), it is not completely proved in young children and novices. Objectives. On the other hand, considering the recommendation of researchers about the advantages and the use of the mental practice, the aim of the present study was to combine mental practice with CI to improve motor perfo...

Balance Assessment in Children with Down Syndrome Who Practice Dance

Background. It is observed that dance delivers a valuable contribution to the development of bodily motor functions. Objectives. To evaluate the static and dynamic balance in children with Down syndrome - DS enrolled in a Dance Workshop for people with disabilities. Methods. Balance tests proposed by Oliveira (2009) were used on 14 children with DS aged between 8 and 12 (mean 9.36 ± 1.2 years...

The Efficacy of Combined Physical and Mental Practice in the Learning of a Foot - Sequence Task

Effects of combined robotic therapy and repetitive-task practice on upper-extremity function in a patient with chronic stroke.

OBJECTIVE This article describes the effect of a robotic device combined with repetitive-task practice (RTP) on upper-extremity function in a patient with chronic stroke. METHOD The client was a 32-year-old woman, 11 months after stroke, with minimal wrist and finger movement. She received approximately 48 hr of intervention split evenly between a robotic device (Hand Mentor) and RTP during 3...