Action Observation Training (AOT) is an innovative method of motor rehabilitation. It involves the observation of actions to activate motor neural circuits associated with the performance of those actions, facilitating motor rehabilitation and prevention. The present study aimed to evaluate the potential preventive effect of AOT against immobilization-induced depression of corticomotor activity. Participants were divided into a control and an experimental groups attending to landscape and action observation videos, respectively, for 10 sessions lasting 5 minutes each within a day. Electroencephalography (EEG) sessions were performed both before immobilization in the morning and after training in the evening. Longitudinal Comparison across the experimental and control groups revealed distinct brain-response patterns, with the former group showing increased neural activity, and particularly a beta-band desynchronization in left premotor areas. This finding supports the predicted preventive effect of AOT on cortical plasticity, highlighting its potential translational role in motor rehabilitation and highlighting promising avenues for further research and potential clinical and experimental applications.
Action Observation Training (AOT) is an innovative method of motor rehabilitation. It involves the observation of actions to activate motor neural circuits associated with the performance of those actions, facilitating motor rehabilitation and prevention. The present study aimed to evaluate the potential preventive effect of AOT against immobilization-induced depression of corticomotor activity. Participants were divided into a control and an experimental groups attending to landscape and action observation videos, respectively, for 10 sessions lasting 5 minutes each within a day. Electroencephalography (EEG) sessions were performed both before immobilization in the morning and after training in the evening. Longitudinal Comparison across the experimental and control groups revealed distinct brain-response patterns, with the former group showing increased neural activity, and particularly a beta-band desynchronization in left premotor areas. This finding supports the predicted preventive effect of AOT on cortical plasticity, highlighting its potential translational role in motor rehabilitation and highlighting promising avenues for further research and potential clinical and experimental applications.
The Effects of Action Observation Training After Upper Limb Immobilization: An EEG Study.
QELA, BRENDON
2022/2023
Abstract
Action Observation Training (AOT) is an innovative method of motor rehabilitation. It involves the observation of actions to activate motor neural circuits associated with the performance of those actions, facilitating motor rehabilitation and prevention. The present study aimed to evaluate the potential preventive effect of AOT against immobilization-induced depression of corticomotor activity. Participants were divided into a control and an experimental groups attending to landscape and action observation videos, respectively, for 10 sessions lasting 5 minutes each within a day. Electroencephalography (EEG) sessions were performed both before immobilization in the morning and after training in the evening. Longitudinal Comparison across the experimental and control groups revealed distinct brain-response patterns, with the former group showing increased neural activity, and particularly a beta-band desynchronization in left premotor areas. This finding supports the predicted preventive effect of AOT on cortical plasticity, highlighting its potential translational role in motor rehabilitation and highlighting promising avenues for further research and potential clinical and experimental applications.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14239/3373