BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recent advanced MRI studies on cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) revealed alterations of sensorimotor cortex, but the disturbances of large-scale thalamocortical systems remains elusive. The purpose of this study was to characterizing the CSM-related thalamocortical disturbances, which were associated with spinal cord structural injury, and clinical measures. METHOD...

Background: Lumbosacral orthosis (LSO) is commonly used for the treatment of back pain. The clinical andmechanical effectiveness of this device has been repeatedly investigated in several studies; however, its sensorimotoreffectiveness has been rarely considered. Regarding this, the aim of the current study was to investigate the effect ofa non-extensible LSO on postural stabi...

Subjects with unilateral vestibular loss exhibit motor control impairments as shown by body and limb deviation during gait. Biofeedback devices have been shown to improve stance postural control, especially when sensory information is limited by environmental conditions or pathologies such as unilateral vestibular loss. However, the extent to which biofeedback could improve motor performance or...

Ageing is associated with declines in both perception and cognition. We review evidence for an interaction between perceptual and cognitive decline in old age. Impoverished perceptual input can increase the cognitive difficulty of tasks, while changes to cognitive strategies can compensate, to some extent, for impaired perception. While there is strong evidence from cross-sectional studies for ...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective cohort study was done comparing 100 consecutive chemonucleolysis patients with 100 consecutive laminectomy patients. OBJECTIVES The effectiveness and cost of chymopapain chemonucleolysis was compared with that of laminectomy to manage herniated lumbar discs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although the efficacy of chemonucleolysis has been established, controversy rega...

The neural control of muscular activity during a voluntary movement implies continuous updating mix afferent and efferent information. Corticomuscular coherence (CMC) is powerful tool to explore the interactions between motor cortex muscles involved in realization. comparison temporal dynamics CMC healthy subjects post-stroke patients could provide new insights into question how agonist antagon...

objective: the aim of this study was to assess and compare the effect of two neurofeedback protocols (smr/theta and beta/theta) on adhd symptoms, selective attention and eeg (electroencephalogram) parameters in children with adhd. method: the sample consisted of 16 children (9-15 year old: 13 boys; 3 girls) with adhd-combined type (adhd-c). all of children used methylphenidate (mph) during the ...

Functional recovery after stroke has been associated with brain plasticity; however, the exact relationship is unknown. We performed behavioral tests, functional MRI, and histology in a rat stroke model to assess the correlation between temporal changes in sensorimotor function, brain activation patterns, cerebral ischemic damage, and cerebrovascular reactivity. Unilateral stroke induced a larg...