Motor imagery and cortico-spinal excitability: A review

S Grosprêtre, C Ruffino, F Lebon - European journal of sport …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Motor imagery (MI) has received a lot of interest during the last decades as its chronic or
acute use has demonstrated several effects on improving sport performances or skills. The …

Motor imagery and sport performance

N Mizuguchi, H Nakata, Y Uchida… - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In the present review, how to measure motor imagery ability, brain activity during motor
imagery, the benefits of motor imagery practice, and the influence of sensory inputs on motor …

A BCI-based vibrotactile neurofeedback training improves motor cortical excitability during motor imagery

NA Grigorev, AO Savosenkov… - … on Neural Systems …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we address the issue of whether vibrotactile feedback can enhance the motor
cortex excitability translated into the plastic changes in local cortical areas during motor …

Changes in brain activity during action observation and motor imagery: Their relationship with motor learning

N Mizuguchi, K Kanosue - Progress in brain research, 2017 - Elsevier
Many studies have demonstrated that training utilizing action observation and/or motor
imagery improves motor performance. These two techniques are widely used in sports and …

The effects of subthreshold vibratory noise on cortical activity during motor imagery

K Lakshminarayanan, R Shah, Y Yao… - Motor …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Previous studies have demonstrated that both visual and proprioceptive feedback play vital
roles in mental practice of movements. Tactile sensation has been shown to improve with …

Event-related desynchronization induced by tactile imagery: An EEG study

L Yakovlev, N Syrov, A Miroshnikov, M Lebedev… - eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
It is well known that both hand movements and mental representations of movement lead to
event-related desynchronization (ERD) of the electroencephalogram (EEG) recorded over …

Brain activity during motor imagery of an action with an object: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

N Mizuguchi, H Nakata, T Hayashi, M Sakamoto… - Neuroscience …, 2013 - Elsevier
We utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the brain regions activated
during motor imagery of an action with an object both with and without passively holding the …

Motor imagery training induces changes in brain neural networks in stroke patients

F Li, T Zhang, BJ Li, W Zhang, J Zhao… - Neural regeneration …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Motor imagery is the mental representation of an action without overt movement or muscle
activation. However, the effects of motor imagery on stroke-induced hand dysfunction and …

[HTML][HTML] Motor imagery beyond the motor repertoire: Activity in the primary visual cortex during kinesthetic motor imagery of difficult whole body movements

N Mizuguchi, H Nakata, K Kanosue - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
To elucidate the neural substrate associated with capabilities for kinesthetic motor imagery
of difficult whole-body movements, we measured brain activity during a trial involving both …

Enhanced motor imagery-based BCI performance via tactile stimulation on unilateral hand

X Shu, L Yao, X Sheng, D Zhang, X Zhu - Frontiers in human …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Brain-computer interface (BCI) has attracted great interests for its effectiveness in assisting
disabled people. However, due to the poor BCI performance, this technique is still far from …