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The use of visual feedback, in particular mirror visual feedback, in restoring brain function
Abstract
This article reviews the potential use of visual feedback, focusing on mirror visual feedback, introduced over 15 years ago, for the treatment of many chronic neurological disorders that have long been regarded as intractable such as phantom pain, hemiparesis from stroke and complex regional pain syndrome. Apart from its clinical importance, mirror visual feedback paves the way for a paradigm shift in the way we approach neurological disorders. Instead of resulting entirely from irreversible damage to specialized brain modules, some of them may arise from short-term functional shifts that are potentially reversible. If so, relatively simple therapies can be devised--of which mirror visual feedback is an example--to restore function.
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- Authors
- Ramachandran, V. S., & Altschuler, E. L.
- Venue
- Brain
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2009-06-08
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1693-1710
- ISSN
- 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2156
- OpenAlex
- W2145143840
- Cited by
- 713
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 33.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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