Background Enhancing the quality of life of people with a lower limb amputation is critical in
prosthetic development and rehabilitation. Yet, no overview is available concerning the …

Background In sports, the risk of pathology or event that leads to an injury, a cessation of
practice or even to an immobilization is high. The subsequent reduction of physical activity …

There is no consensus on whether, and to what extent, actions contribute to constructing
awareness of one's own body. Here we investigated at both physiological and behavioral …

There is rich clinical evidence that observing normally executed actions promotes the
recovery of the corresponding action execution in patients with motor deficits. In this study …

Cross education (CE) occurs after unilateral training whereby performance of the untrained
contralateral limb is enhanced. A few studies have shown that CE can preserve or “spare” …

The contralateral effects of unilateral strength training, known as cross-education of strength,
date back well over a century. In the last decade, a limited number of studies have emerged …

Motor imagery (MI) is known to engage motor networks and is increasingly used as a
relevant strategy in functional rehabilitation following immobilization, whereas its effects …

Limb immobilization is known to cause significant decreases in muscle strength and muscle
mass as early as two days following the onset of immobilization. However, the decline in …

Background Cortical oscillatory activity in the beta frequency band (13–30 Hz) is associated
with voluntary movement and may be altered in motor disorders such as stroke. Methods We …

Stuttering is a disorder of speech affecting millions of people around the world. Whilst the
exact aetiology of stuttering remains unknown, it has been hypothesised that it is a disorder …