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Title: | Enhancing mirror visual feedback with intermittent theta burst stimulation in healthy adults | Authors: | Zhang, JJ Fong, KNK |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Source: | Restorative neurology and neuroscience, 2019, v. 37, no. 5, p. 483-495 | Abstract: | Background: Excitatory brain stimulation, in the form of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), combined with mirror visual feedback (MVF), is hypothesized to promote neuroplasticity and motor performance. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the combined effects of iTBS with mirror training (MT) on the MVF-induced sensorimotor event-related desynchronization (ERD) and the non-dominant hand motor performance in healthy adults. Methods:Eighteen healthy right-handed subjects were randomly assigned to one of three groups (Group 1: iTBS plus MT, Group 2: iTBS plus sham MT, or Group 3: sham iTBS plus MT). For participants in Groups 1 and 3, motor training was performed for 15 minutes for the right hand over four consecutive days, with MVF superimposing on their inactive left hand behind a mirror. Participants in Group 2 received the same right-hand motor training, but the mirror was covered without MVF. iTBS or sham iTBS was applied daily over the right primary motor cortex prior to the training. Electroencephalography at pre/post-training was recorded while participants performed right-hand movement under mirror and direct view. Motor performance was assessed at baseline and post-training. Results:Baseline comparisons demonstrated that a shift in sensorimotor ERD towards the right hemisphere was induced by MVF, in mu-1 (8–10 Hz) (p = 0.002), mu-2 (10–12 Hz) (p = 0.004) and beta-1 (12–16 Hz) (p = 0.049) bands. After the training, participants in Group 1 showed a stronger MVF-induced sensorimotor ERD in mu-1 (p = 0.017) and mu-2 (p = 0.009) bands than those in Group 3. No significant between-group difference in motor outcomes was observed. Conclusions:iTBS appears to prime subjects’ brain to be more receptive to MVF. |
Keywords: | Event-related desynchronization Mirror neuron system Mirror visual feedback Theta burst stimulation |
Publisher: | IOS Press | Journal: | Restorative neurology and neuroscience | ISSN: | 0922-6028 | EISSN: | 1878-3627 | DOI: | 10.3233/RNN-190927 | Rights: | © 2019 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 483-495, 2019. DOI: 10.3233/RNN-190927. |
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